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Laura Diaz de Arce

@quetaauthor.bsky.social
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Multi-genre writer and monster about town. Author of MONSTROSITY, Curse of the Noblemen Series, & In Absence. Essayist for hire. LauraDiazdeArce.com 🇨🇺🇨🇱

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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 9m
I don't know how #RemiWolf does that thing with her voice but she does the thing and I am LOCKED IN.
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remi wolf bottle dance
Alt: remi wolf bottle dance with Remi dancing in front of the inflatable wacky hand men
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 23h
Babies and toddlers will legit SCREAM bloody murder when you're doing something like changing a diaper, brushing their teeth, putting lotion on them. DJ has to use that nose suction device and he holds them down while they scream getting boogers out of their nose.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 23h
No one warns you about how taking care of your kid's health and hygiene is going to traumatize you.
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m so fucking over this year.
Could you excuse me? [Screams.]
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hi. I'm Laura Diaz de Arce. I write body horror, 'pink horror' and all sorts of folklore horror. And did you know that teeth can grow in parts of your body where teeth shouldn't be? Or so I've heard...
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I dunno why y'all aiming at Cocoa Beach and Key Largo?
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Also whoever did this map doesn't know Florida? If they are aiming for Mar a Lago they are way too north
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just do me a favor and avoid Broward. Our traffic is bad enough
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 07/10/2026
"We don't want to turn into a banana republic, so we won't try to rein in corporations" is the kind of thing you say if you don't know what makes a banana republic a banana republic, and instead want to be a banana republic where the bananas are data centers.
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IGN @ign.com · 07/10/2026
The Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast have just announced they're unionizing. In a letter of demands, the union has urged Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leaders to stop pushing generative AI. bit.ly/4hMhPzG
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Speaking of Whitney Houston-- y'all know "I'm every woman" is also a cover, right? It's a cover of a Chaka Khan song which is why she yells "Chaka Khan" at the lest verses
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Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman Performance
Alt: Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman Performance. She is singing on a mic "I'm every woman, it's all in me/ Anything you want done, baby / I'll do it naturally"
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I love this episode.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
More power ballad type thing is Celine Dion's cover of "It's all coming back to me now" which is not a meatloaf cover(!) but a cover of a group called Pandora's Box. Meatloaf says it was written for him. Steinman says no. Meatloaf did get to cover it until 2006 so really both are good, both covers
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Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Alt: Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now image of her spinning in front of some mirrors
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In a similar vein, "Respect" by Aretha Franklin is a cover of an Otis Redding. No shade to Otis, become had SOUL but Franklin takes Redding's somewhat whiny patriarchal pop song and turns it into a feminist anthem.
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Aretha Franklin: You Better Think About Consequences
Alt: Aretha Franklin: You Better Think About Consequences which is a seven from Blues Brothers where she performs her song "Think". She does perform "Respect" in the sequel film, Blues Brothers 2000 which no one seems to like except for me, @quetaauthor
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I could write a whole treatise on this but I'll start with the most basic one and that is Whitney Houston 's "I will always love you," which went from a soft literally bittersweet melody to a power ballad. Just vocals that knock you out of your chair like a bose sound system commercial
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Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
Alt: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's been a few weeks and I'm still just thinking about #TheVampireLestat And like I kind of want to write a piece about it, but I don't even know where to start???
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"you won't guess who I ran into at that trendy cafe?" You're right. I won't. Who the hell is that, Kayla????
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm well past the age where I know contemporary celebrities. I'm gonna need y'all to include their full government name and a link to their IMDB or Wiki when y'all post a pic.
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Extremely cool to see THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT on the New York Public Library's recommended adult horror list for 2026! My cursed film novel joins an incredible host of horrors by Tananarive Due, Keith Rosson, Laura Cranehill, Caitlin Starling, and more! Love you, NYC! 🖤
New York Public Library recommends Best New Horror for Adults: our expert horror committee read more than 250 titles published since last Halloween to select their 25 favorites. There's something for everyone here, whether you're looking for jeepers, creepers, scares, frights, or dread!

Beneath this description are many titles, along them Mazywood by Tananarive Due, Never Whistle at Night part 2: Back for Blood edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr, Molka by Monika Kim, This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want by Hailey Piper, Carrying by Samantha Josephs, Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer, and many more
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And in a terrible turn of fate, even those wages are starting to stall or decline. 🤷 They just wanted the artists to be poor FIRST and desperate enough to shill for the business majors at decreased rates.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And I'm not saying that to discourage you, just that even your favorite*successful* author is working a day job because they have rent due and need health insurance.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Residuals? Royalties? Absolutely dwindling in this media landscape.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The longer you are in the industry, the more you realize that most working writers are have more in common with working actors than any other group. In that we have the appearance of success and notoriety but are super freaking broke.
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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Give yourself and your community the gift of indie horror by requesting our books at your public library. Send a screenshot of your request to cursedmorsels [at] gmail [dot] com and I'll send you a free ebook copy of our upcoming release Lonesome and Festering!
Request our books at your library!
We’re a Minneapolis-based publisher of short horror and Weird fiction with a focus on anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, and pro-queer stories.

Support indie horror and
the mission of public libraries!
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If aware of that viral discussion on authors, acknowledgements, and critique. Allow me to present some absolutely not sarcastic solutions #writersky lauradiazdearce.medium.com/how-authors-...
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How Authors Can Improve Their Acknowledgements
An Absolutely Serious Discussion
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Put this under -things I wish I knew sooner when I was beginning my writing journey #writersky lauradiazdearce.medium.com/a-lot-of-us-...
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A Lot of Us Are Broke — But We Can Still Support Writers
How to Support Writers, With No Money Down
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Democrats @democrats.org · 05/10/2026
If you live in the following states, TODAY is the last day to register to vote before the midterm elections: Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia Indiana Kentucky Mississippi Ohio Tennessee Texas Go to IWillVote.com for more info.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
11-yo Andrés lived with his dad in Texas—but was deemed “unaccompanied” by ICE and sent to foster care. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids and keeping them in government custody,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
I bought Dressmaker last night and it's definitely over for all other games. When I learn how to pattern match seams, it's over for you hoes
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm 38 years old and I've had @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social 's "Up and Down" stuck in my head for 4 days. It's a banger though. I think I like that song more than my toddlers.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you're curious as to what it is like to have 3 kids-- We've done at least one load of laundry every day this week and I will still have to do at least 2-3 more TODAY just to catch up.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hello #Writersky This piece was inspired by a stupid internet argument. lauradiazdearce.medium.com/how-authors-...
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How Authors Can Improve Their Acknowledgements
An Absolutely Serious Discussion
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So many different people, groups, and organizations have come together to push back against the attack on the freedom to read, including students themselves. Read more about what students in Florida are doing here:
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No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards
Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 30/09/2026
This is a stereotype about myself in which I was completely unaware.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's paying people these execs don't want to do. They don't want people invested in the shows so that actors and other people can't bargain for things like higher wages.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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Moon Blight 🫀 @cuntmoney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stop trying to make fetch happen.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Don't worry, that party still has Byron "Data Center" Donald as the gubernatorial candidate.
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed:
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.
Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I like NewTrek but I am also in camp - 24 episode seasons so things can marinate. I don't need an epic part of the mission every episode. I need Sisko throwing a dinner-party type deal. Give me an episode where Saru brings a plant on board and it makes everyone communicate in beeps & turn green
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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ben and I have been watching a LOT of DS9 the past couple days and I’ve come to the conclusion that my favorite character is Gowron’s Eyes.
Gowron from Deep Space 9 and his extremely big bug eyes
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A reminder that DOGE cut funding to organizations that downstream also fund or supply non-profits and charitable organizations. This includes food banks, diaper distributors, and organizations that cover hardship events. We are getting hit from all sides.
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just read a third or possibly fourth news article where the reality of an 'AI has discovered something marvellous!' story turns out to be GenAI somehow accessed material it had no permissions for, which was the outcome of an expert's years of work, and presented it without attribution. GenAI lies.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
Punxsutawney Jill is sticking her head out a little early this cycle.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I can't talk you what happened to him after that or those guys because I never spoke to him again, but I'm not surprised that if you get enough guys a group mentality and place together and it's a fucking nightmare scenario.
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Laura Diaz de Arce @quetaauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I went to come parties, had a crush on one of the members. Then late in the year, this friend, who I never suspected was like this, and some of the other guys were busted for operating a server full of CSAM materiel and distributing it.
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