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My writing integrity pledge.
I believe writing and stories is innately human. I believe in the unique and authentic creative process that only a human artist can achieve. I do not use AI in my writing. I do not use AI to plot or to create scenes in my work.
As a writer, I believe that the only way forward in a world of AI is to be completely transparent. I do use spellcheck. I occasionally use Grammarly in a line-editing capacity, but I never just blindly accept what it suggests. I might consider a slight variation, but ultimately my writing style is unique to me and often Grammarly just doesn't "get me." What can I say? I like sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
I may occasionally use AI as a glorified search engine when researching for a project. I verify sources, just like I do if I'm using Google or Wikipedia. Ultimately, I never want AI to become a crutch in my research, so I use it sparingly.
My promise is that the stories I produce are one hundred percent crafted by human brains (mine, my betas, my agent, my editor.)
I believe writing and stories is innately human. I believe in the unique and authentic creative process that only a human artist can achieve. I do not use AI in my writing. I do not use AI to plot or to create scenes in my work.
As a writer, I believe that the only way forward in a world of AI is to be completely transparent. I do use spellcheck. I occasionally use Grammarly in a line-editing capacity, but I never just blindly accept what it suggests. I might consider a slight variation, but ultimately my writing style is unique to me and often Grammarly just doesn't "get me." What can I say? I like sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
I may occasionally use AI as a glorified search engine when researching for a project. I verify sources, just like I do if I'm using Google or Wikipedia. Ultimately, I never want AI to become a crutch in my research, so I use it sparingly.
My promise is that the stories I produce are one hundred percent crafted by human brains (mine, my betas, my agent, my editor.)
About the Author |
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I write to keep my brain from exploding!
I grew up being read to and reading great books. Thanks, mom! During undergrad, I wrote a series of short plays and then produced and directed a community performance of them. Two of these short pieces were later published by Brooklyn Publishers (under my maiden name Lauren Denson). I also wrote and read my poetry and short stories within the creative writing community at The University of the Incarnate Word. Several of those pieces were published in The Storyteller, The Writer's Post Journal, and Barbaric Yawp, as well as my university’s publication, Quirk.
I earned my M.A. in English from Texas Tech University, focusing on Early British Literature. I worked briefly as an adjunct for Tarrant County College, before deciding to stay at home with my two wonderful, crazy daughters.
I am currently a member of the DFW Writer’s Workshop and a founding member of the W.H.A.M writing group. Besides reading and writing, I enjoy cooking, pottery, and photography. You can often find me perusing estate sales for antiques and vintage knick-knacks. I am obsessed with true crime podcasts. I don't know how many times I've listened to one late at night and scared myself into not being able to go to sleep. I also have this bad habit of staying up all night to finish a good book.
So that's me, perpetually sleep-deprived and ready for the next adventure!
I am represented by the fabulous Cameron McClure of Donald Maass Literary Agency!
I grew up being read to and reading great books. Thanks, mom! During undergrad, I wrote a series of short plays and then produced and directed a community performance of them. Two of these short pieces were later published by Brooklyn Publishers (under my maiden name Lauren Denson). I also wrote and read my poetry and short stories within the creative writing community at The University of the Incarnate Word. Several of those pieces were published in The Storyteller, The Writer's Post Journal, and Barbaric Yawp, as well as my university’s publication, Quirk.
I earned my M.A. in English from Texas Tech University, focusing on Early British Literature. I worked briefly as an adjunct for Tarrant County College, before deciding to stay at home with my two wonderful, crazy daughters.
I am currently a member of the DFW Writer’s Workshop and a founding member of the W.H.A.M writing group. Besides reading and writing, I enjoy cooking, pottery, and photography. You can often find me perusing estate sales for antiques and vintage knick-knacks. I am obsessed with true crime podcasts. I don't know how many times I've listened to one late at night and scared myself into not being able to go to sleep. I also have this bad habit of staying up all night to finish a good book.
So that's me, perpetually sleep-deprived and ready for the next adventure!
I am represented by the fabulous Cameron McClure of Donald Maass Literary Agency!
Publications
Novels
It's Not a Cult, Alcove Press, August 2023
Short Stories/Poetry
"Jupiter in Summer," Flash Fiction, Blink Ink, 2024
"The Sluicer's Son," short story, Barbaric Yawp!, 2007
"Hearts and Hands," short story, The Writer's Post Journal, 2007
"Twice the Therapy," short play, Brooklyn Publishers, 2006
"Decisions," short play, Brooklyn Publishers, 2006
"A.C.C.," short play, Brooklyn Publishers, 2006
"What Madness Overtakes the World," poem, The Storyteller: A Writers Magazine, Vol. 11, Issue 3, July, Aug, Sept 2006
"The Sluicer's Son," short story, Barbaric Yawp!, 2007
"Hearts and Hands," short story, The Writer's Post Journal, 2007
"Twice the Therapy," short play, Brooklyn Publishers, 2006
"Decisions," short play, Brooklyn Publishers, 2006
"A.C.C.," short play, Brooklyn Publishers, 2006
"What Madness Overtakes the World," poem, The Storyteller: A Writers Magazine, Vol. 11, Issue 3, July, Aug, Sept 2006
Awards
Winner of the Frisco Public Library's First Chapter Contest, 2019 for Glinda, the Good (now titled It's Not a Cult)