LAURIE ALLEE
Words and Pictures 
 

I'm a writer, a photographer, a videographer...

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...a mom, a bookworm, a black sheep, a magical realist, a champion of underdogs, a collector of absurdities, a gadfly, a believer in the precautionary principle, a bliss-follower, and a long-winded rambler. I was born and raised in Austin, Texas but headed west right after college. Los Angeles is home, and I live here with my lovely family.

After a few years in film and TV production, I have enjoyed over 30 years as a freelance writer in copywriting, advertising, marketing, journalism, ghostwriting, branding, newsletters, website creation, medical copy, and all kinds of internet content.  I used to publish short stories.  I was a multimedia columnist at South Pasadena Patch for over 2 years. I have been a blogger since 2007. I'm an infrequent filmmaker, a frequent editor, and a prolific but unproduced screenwriter. Someday I'll finally publish my novel.

As a street photographer, I have exhibited my photographs and licensed them for commercial use.  

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I used my now-retired Twitter account from 2020 to late 2023 to compile and organize studies, articles, and expert discussions pertinent to Covid-19.  All compilations and links to other Covid and Long Covid resources are left as an archive.  Just call me your pandemic librarian.  

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I still believe the Internet can democratize art, film, fiction, journalism, literature and public health education... if people will just get off social media long enough to make it happen.   

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I, however, will not be on the internet for the foreseeable future.  I have no active social media. Blogs have been left up as archives.  Professional work will now be published under a pseudonym to avoid the pitfalls of personal notability. Any future Covid-related information as well as personalized updates and essays will be posted to this website, but for now, consider me offline. (Or at least in Airplane mode.)

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