Lara Zielinsky's Blog: Newsletter, page 25

Ending Homophobia

one story at a time 17 May is designated as the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (Biphobia was added in 2015). As a bisexual writer of lesbian and bisexual womens stories I do address homophobia. Ive experienced it. Im quite certain I lost my first teaching job opportunity because of it. I wasnt just Continue reading Ending Homophobia →

2020 Mother’s Day

One of the things that a lot of young love F/F romances dont get the opportunity to explore is motherhood issues faced by a newly romantic couple. Having been a mom since I was 23, its kind of an issue I like to read and explore in my writing. I did just that in my Continue reading 2020 Mothers Day →

Routine creative

a thought on how routine (and changing it up) affects creativity This is my new morning spot. Ive never before been into yoga or even morning stretches. I usually spend my workday mornings getting ready for work. If I have a few minutes, Im trying to write, or at least checking into my social media. Continue reading Routine creative →

Visual Creativity

May 2020 is National Photography Month. I do consider myself a Creative, but my creativity mostly manifests in words. I have however snapped the rare wow! photo with my digital camera or smartphone. Photographic Evidence Generally, I try not to think too hard when taking a photograph. I hit the shutter button and hope that Continue reading Visual Creativity →

Starting Over

As mentioned in my blog a few days ago, I am going to be leaving my current position for somewhere else. Whether that is another teaching position or something else, I dont yet know. Im rather disgusted and disheartened by the state of public education at the present time. I have been through two schools Continue reading Starting Over →

New (to me) review

Wandering the net this weekend, I found a new (to me) review posted for my novel We Three. It was posted in March 2019 over in Germany but I only saw it recently, probably thanks to Amazon algorithms. Its 4 stars, and the reviewer knew the general story when it was first an AU/crossover fanfic. Continue reading New (to me) review →

Brainstorm

Brainstorming is a method of idea generation. Crucially it must start with turning off your inner editor, the part of person that might criticize an idea as too outlandish, too unreal, too childish, too anything, to be considered seriously. The inner editor is also called The Critic. Nothing is ever good enough for the Critic. Continue reading Brainstorm →

My May Day

(a pondering about work and work-from-home in The Great Pause of 2020) So, yeah, I didnt blog all April. In fact, I havent even thought about my blog since the last post in March. Right after that, COVID-19 upended my routines as Im sure it did for many of you. Buffer reminded me I was Continue reading My May Day →

In Praise of (Green) Tea

The 3rd Tuesday every March is Tea for Two Tuesday and for last years post, I gushed about my great love of all types of tea. This year, the third Tuesday also happens to fall on St. Patricks Day. So its a great day for discussing GREEN tea. Here are some facts about the health Continue reading In Praise of (Green) Tea →

First CD

On this date in 1979The compact disc is presented to the publicThe CD was developed by Philips and Sony. The companies later collaborated to produce a standard format and CD players. I saw this when looking at March’s special days when thinking about things to blog about. It got me thinking. I was 10 years… Continue reading First CD