by Laura Brooke Robson | Apr 3, 2022 | Archives
Whenever I start writing a book, I make myself a syllabus. The syllabus morphs as the story takes shape, but by the time the book is done, I usually have a big list of authors to whom I feel a debt of gratitude. I compiled my list of books that were particularly...
by Laura Brooke Robson | Jun 1, 2021 | Archives, Life, Writing
When I was wee, I was told that this was a story: You struggle toward a goal, and it’s hard, but then you make it. And boy, it’s exciting! Then you lounge peacefully in the realm of Happily Ever After. I absorbed this shape. And not just because I write. I...
by Laura Brooke Robson | Jan 17, 2021 | Archives, Life
It has come to my attention that I was, during the formative years of childhood, grotesquely misinformed about the size and danger of Australian wildlife. I’ve been in Victoria for a few months now, and I have not once, not once, been accosted by any sort of giant,...
by Laura Brooke Robson | Nov 9, 2020 | Archives, Writing
According to Google Analytics, most people who visit my website are either college classmates or YA readers. If you’ve been on this website before, you will probably be surprised that I know this information. An outside observer would probably look at my posts...
by Laura Brooke Robson | Aug 26, 2020 | Archives, Life
The word “travel,” for those of you who know a Romance language, might remind you of travailler, trabajar or trabalhar. In French, Spanish, and Portuguese, respectively—“to work.” This is because, while modern travel is fabulous and non-worky, historically, it looked...
by Laura Brooke Robson | Aug 17, 2020 | Archives, Life
For the past nine days, I’ve been in a hotel room with windows that don’t open. I can’t leave. I don’t even have a room key. Three times a day, someone knocks on my door with a paper bag of food. It’s weird. But I’m very glad to be...
