Lara Zielinsky's Blog: Newsletter, page 14

old online interviews

2020 has been a good year to reorganize things. Here’s links to all the print Q&A type interviews I’ve done related to my writing, my fanfic, or my books. I’ll keep updating as I find more. Some may be links to PDFs if the original has gone offline. Please let me know if you find […]

Chat about writing and editing

Ive been hosting a chat on Zoom with several Facebook friends for the last few months. The basic format is me leading discussion to answer participant questions related to the writing process and/or editing. In past chats, weve discussed: different narrative points of view how to show different aspects of characterization how to describe setting []

Donuts and Desires: Quick Six TNG with Lara Zielinsky

For todays #ThrowbackThursday, heres a 10 year old interview: Quick Six TNG with Lara Zielinsky Donuts and Desires Post your own random questions today in the comments and I will answer them in a blog this weekend. Heres a few ideas: Tell us something not many people know? What made you want to become a []

Editing Spotlight

As an editor, I have been privileged to enjoy the work of all the authors I have worked with over the years. Two recent clients have brought their books online for sale and Im going to promo them here. Click on the images to go to a link for the book I edited. The Pride []

Literary merit

I love ❤ this idea. I live near the Kerouac house where they have a writer-in-residence program. Ive also visited Hemingways home in Key West. When your surroundings are this inspiring, think of what you could write. If youre interested in helping out heres the article from CNNs Good Stuff newsletter with the crowdfunding link.

Pondering Threesomes and Polyamory

A threesome is the most common sexual fantasy among Americans – as well as maybe the most misunderstood. — Read the article on The Guardian. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Welcome back. There is a ton to unpack here. Today though I want to focus on the understanding of the journalist. While Ms. Hunt seems to […]

International Men’s Day

Today is International Men’s Day, and so I thought I’d offer a peak into the mind of the male MC of my novel, We Three. Eric Tanner is a former Navy pilot, and now commercial airline pilot, whose passions include cooking, amateur adult/erotic photography and swinging with his wife, Elena. Eric is a pretty complex […]

Good Writing Takes Practice

Good writing takes practice — and mentors. I get the newsletter from The Florida Writers Association. This past month’s main article was some advice in the form of a comparison: The Work of Writing: A Tale of Two Writers. An editor had two different clients. One client will almost certainly grow and become a published […]

on politics in prose

The election season in the U.S. has (mostly) drawn to a close. There’s still (unlikely) challenges to ballot counting coming from the losing individual, and there’s a couple run-off elections set in Georgia which overall was considered “solid red” (part of the “Bible Belt”) but instead “went blue,” voting for Biden and the two candidates […]

Leave a review

November is a great month to give thanks. So… Whether you have read my books or used my editing services, I truly appreciate my connection to each and every one of you. Thank you! I know I don’t post frequently here on my blog or write a story every month to share, but I am […]