About Me

Once upon a time, Laurel Burgess wanted to be a mad scientist; instead she graduated from Taylor University with a BA in Professional Writing—because even life writes plot twists.

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When she isn’t writing her own stories, she seeks to understand the publishing experience to help authors succeed. She has helped with 90+ cover reveals, volunteered at a writers conference, interned at Quill & Flame Publishing, and spent a semester transcribing and editing sermons into a manuscript for her pastor. Now, as Mountain Brook Ink’s Project Manager, she is thrilled to continue learning how to best assist authors with their stories.

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Aside from publishing, she also works as the Office Coordinator for Upland Community Church where she gets to use her love for Canva (creating approx. 180 bulletins a week) and her love for community in one cool office job.

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Random Laurel facts:

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• twice written 50,000 words in the month of November

• manuscript was featured in a University class

• is an ENFP

• ​is still somewhat upset at the lemur in a wizard hat who made her the last person on earth in a dream

• favorite movies/shows: Lord of the Rings, Ninjago, Batman the Dark Knight, the X-Files, Doctor Who, Merlin BBC, Voltron: Legendary Defenders, and early Marvel movies

• favorite books: the Shattered Ones, Moonscript, the Windward King, the Outsiders, a Thieving Curse, and anything by C. M. Banschbach.