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Lauren Taylor Bak
@laurentaylorbak.bsky.social
Speculative smut. 👉👈 Reader, writer, peddler.
https://laurentaylorbak.wordpress.com/https://buymeacoffee.com/laurentaylorbak
EXCUSE ME, @microsoft.com? WTF IS THIS?

Unless God himself is speaking, the pronoun "he" doesn't need to be capitalized. And correcting to no space after closing quotation marks? Diabolical!

Why is everything being so thoroughly enshittified? STOP BREAKING USEFUL FEATURES. #writing
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Great minds parody Jane Austen alike!
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Happy HalloWeek from all of us at @jms-books.com! In the mood for something creepy and queer? Make sure you pick up my spicy Sapphic monster romance novelette Blood from Stone while it's 45% off (deal going thru Saturday Nov 1): www.jms-books.com/lauren-taylo...
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Found a clean snippet to share! Most of my uses of "care" are attached to "after" 😏 #WIPSnips #Writesky #WritingCommunity
October 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Today is my book birthday!! Contemporary F/F dark/monster romance novelette with JMS Books, Blood from Stone. www.jms-books.com/lauren-taylo...

#SpoonieAuthChat
October 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Bluesky's auto-censoring of content is so bad, it just censored a book cover with no nudity, no sexual words, no innuendo, nothing: just a woman in a bralette. Literally more covered than a swimsuit. I'm appealing but come ON. And they think they can ban CNC and noncon effectively??
September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My forthcoming novelette from JMS Books has a cover and a preorder link! Get it for 25% off before its release date, October 11: it’s less than $2! www.jms-books.com/lauren-taylo...
September 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I've got a novellette forthcoming with JMS Books! Cover reveal sometime next week, probably.
September 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I'm on the proofs stage of this forthcoming gothic Sapphic novella! #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
September 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Are you ready for it?
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
For fans of cozy fantasy like "Legends & Lattes" (& Star Trek slash...), @ashthestampede.bsky.social's queer erotic romantasy novella will definitely hit all the right notes. www.instagram.com/p/DOveFSRCBv0
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Happy #StarTrek Day! Today would be a great day to order Tales of Galactic Pest Control, a sci-fi anthology edited by the screenwriter who brought you TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" (David Gerrold). books2read.com/u/mgdDMx

#scifi #booksky 📚🪐
September 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Was it Carl Sagan who said we're all made of stardust? I can't remember. Anyway, enjoy this SFW #WIPSnips from a space opera-meets-Jane-Austen erotica I'm working on. #WriteSky
September 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Couldn't find the word event, but here's a #WIPSnip *about* an event:

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
September 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Grinder is the best for tracking your subs too! My goal for the last two years was to hit 100 rejections and I'm nearly there already for 2025 already. (I've got ~$600 in accepted work pending that should hit by the end of this year.)
August 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
That looks delicious. Gah, I miss root beer and root beer floats *so bad*. Moved to Europe and they think root beer tastes like medicine so you can't find it anywhere and all they have is this:
August 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
And one more for the road:
August 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Giving them a piece of my mind! (alt text in two parts)
August 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
He said something similar, for sure! "If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write."
August 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The least-explicit use of the word "brush" in my WIP vampire/succubus novella.🫣 (The boy in question is 21! But also dead.)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #SmutSky
August 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What a great review! I really appreciate this summary of my story:
August 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
August 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hi Christina! Not sure if you're also reviewing anthologies, but Tales of Galactic Pest Control edited by science-fiction legends David Gerrold (The Trouble with Tribbles) & Tom Easton (Analog) launched just last week. It features 34 original stories (including one of mine!). books2read.com/u/mgdDMx
August 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I'm reporting Visa to the Better Business Bureau. Alt text for anyone who wants to borrow my wording for their emails/complaints.
July 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Enjoying a few Tales of Intergalactic Pest Control, surrounded by nature! #sciencefiction #scenicreading
July 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM