{"id":114,"date":"2022-02-24T04:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T04:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.rswpthemes.com\/rs-author-blog-pro\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2026-04-25T19:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T19:22:09","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laurelholl.com\/staging\/3230\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Hey there!<\/h3>

About Laurel<\/span><\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Your new indie romance author bestie, Laurel Holl (she\/they), is a thirty-something bisexual disaster who got yelled at for reading her library books in math class growing up.<\/p>

Laurel graduated from school with plans to write the next Great American Novel\u2014which she\u2019s doing, since so far all of her books are set in America and they\u2019re pretty great (in her opinion). She writes contemporary romance with heart and brings her lived experience with disability, body positivity, and neurodivergence to her stories.<\/p>

Before returning to writing she spent a decade in the marketing field. Now she shares her tips and tricks for other indie romance authors to use.<\/p>

Laurel lives in the Midwest with their husband, dog, and two cats. When they\u2019re not crying over a word document, you can find them reading, swearing at their video games, or stopping on the hiking trail every 15 feet to take a picture of some moss.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What's important to me<\/h3>

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I'm adamantly opposed to the use of generative AI in the creative fields. I will never use generative AI in my books, covers, marketing, or anything else.\u00a0<\/p>

If you see something I engage with suspected of AI, please let me know so I can remove it!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>

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While it's not related to my books, I'm still COVID and Viral conscious and mask in public spaces. This is for my safety as a disabled person, as well as my way of caring for those around me. I will always be masked at any event I attend, and if I have say over it, masking will be required at any event I host.<\/p>

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I am pro-queer joy, pro-disabled joy, pro-fat joy! And I believe in raging against the systems built to oppress and silence us. Reading is resistance!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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