Laura Beaird has always felt out of it. She has never been able to quite fit in and it feels to her as if she is always messing something up. She started writing at a young age because speaking never seemed to work out right and at least with a pen and paper she could consider her words carefully. She feels like that’s where her writing style came from. She feels that the interesting parts of life are disguised in plain words so we never recognize the big things for what they are. At least, that’s how she feels about her life. In high school, she joined theater where she finally figured out what confidence is. She wants to stay in theater in some capacity for the rest of her life, whether through writing awkward plays or actually performing in awkward plays. The only awards she remembers winning are from theater and that one award from 4th grade because she was one of the top readers. She knows it was a silly prize, but she still has the little plaque on her wall in her bedroom like it’s some sort of lifetime achievement. She’s cool like that. Oh, and she loves making really sugary, bad-for-you food like cupcakes and cookies. She has no regrets. If you’d like to hear more about Laura’s life and weirdness, you can find her on Facebook and Twitter.
Laura Beaird
Harmonious Hearts 2014 - Stories from the Young Author Challenge
A Harmony Ink Press Title
Celebrate with Harmony Ink Press as we recognize the talented winners of our first annual Young Author Challenge. This anthology showcases the LGBTQ genre’s best up-and-coming-authors between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one.
The transition from childhood to adulthood is never easy, and growing up presents unique challenges for LGBTQ youth. Confusion, bigotry, and struggle transcend time and place, but fortunately, so does love. Travel with these exceptional young authors from country cottages to big cities, into the past and the future, from fantastic lands of magic to the recognizable landscapes of our world. Regardless of the setting, the characters in these stories, along with families, friends, lovers, and allies, fight to claim their places in life. Their identities and situations are different, but the young people in this collection share the strength and courage to succeed, sometimes against great odds, and they invite you to join them on their journeys.
Cigar, Parasol, Star by Laura Beaird
Counting Stars by L.A. Buchanan
The King of Dorkdom by Avery Burrow
Happy Endings Take Work by Morgan Cair
Tess by Becca Ehlers
Our First Anniversary by Trisha Harrington
The Dragon Princess by Eleanor Hawtin
An IRL Love Life by Rebecca Long
On Their Own Terms by D. William Pfifer
Glitterhead by Benjamin Shepherd Quiñones
City Lights Will Carry You Home by Amanda Reed
The Gift of Flame by Scotia Roth
Waiting by Annie Schoonover
Quiet Love by Gil Segev
Paranormal Honor Society by Leigh Taylor
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