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Laura Roberts

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Laura Roberts was born in the Garden State, raised in the Land of Lincoln and university educated on the mean streets of the Bronx. She completed further training in creative writing and the ninja arts in the Sin City of the North, and knows its Underground City like the back of her hand. She currently employs her license to kill your darlings from her post-Apocalyptic bunker in Austin, Texas, and enjoys shooting the moon for fun.

A devotee of tae kwon do, typewriting, tacos and ten-pin bowling, Laura specializes in useless skills, alliteration and obscure references. She refuses to recognize the existence of the Oxford Comma, period.

As the editor of the saucy literary magazine, Black Heart, Laura showcases indie talent from poets and proser...more


Do you ever have trouble distinguishing between writing for fun and writing for money? I certainly do. I actually had to sit down and make a list of my work commitments versus my personal projects, as they were starting to … Continue reading →















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Published on May 12, 2012 08:00 • 3 views
Average rating: 4.69 · 35 ratings · 13 reviews · 19 distinct works
Rebels of the 512
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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The NOIR Issue
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Get...
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Where to Get Laid in Montreal
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NOIR
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How to Suck Better
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Dust to Dust
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The Care and Maintenance of...
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I [Heart] You
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No Fortunate Son by Philip Michaels
No Fortunate Son
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Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper
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What happens when you cross bloodthirsty vampires with bloodthirsty pirates? You get VAMPIRATES! The first in a series featuring the paranormal pirates tells the tale of twins Grace and Connor who have been unceremoniously turned out of their lightho...more
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Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
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The Book of Harold by Owen Egerton
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Ready Player One
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The Visible Man by Chuck Klosterman
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Get Jiro! by Anthony Bourdain
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The Investigation by Philippe Claudel
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The Future Is Not Ours by Diego Trelles Paz
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“Fact: If you want to get ahead as a Canadian, you're going to have to leave the country. Especially if you have the gall to live in Montreal.”
Laura Roberts, Naked Montreal

“we pass a café with a sign that says
'you have beautiful eyes'
and something about soup.

i leave out the bit about soup,
the closest i come to an admission.”
Laura Roberts

“we pass a café with a sign that says
'you have beautiful eyes'
and something about soup.

i leave out the bit about soup,
the closest i come to an admission.”
Laura Roberts

“Fact: If you want to get ahead as a Canadian, you're going to have to leave the country. Especially if you have the gall to live in Montreal.”
Laura Roberts, Naked Montreal

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
Robert Frost

“If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way to make life more bearable.”
Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

“In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.”
Raymond Chandler

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Rae Thanks for the GR friendship, Laura! Hope you have an awesome Thursday! :-D


Georges Kariotis ...............Hi Laura!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for your friendship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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