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Lara Zielinsky
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Blue Dot in a Red State (Fla). Bisexual author writing stories of women loving women. #LoveIsLove https://larazbooks.com/links
Editing as LZ Edits www.lzedits.com
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#writingCommunity Sprinted this morning, but that was it. Back spasms sent me to bed for the rest of the day. Total words today though: 889

Donate to support Golden Crown Literary Society and literature by, for, and about #sapphics @goldencrownls.bsky.social secure.givelively.org/donate/golde...
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Morning sprint: 723 words. Crossed 50% AND reached a major plot point.

To support me for this month of writing, please consider a donation to the #SWAG4GCLS fundraiser: secure.givelively.org/donate/golde...

(penny a word would only be $7.23)
#SapphicBooks @goldencrowned.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Hallelujah! #marriageEquality #LGBTQ #SCOTUS
Breaking news headline: Supreme Court denies request to revisit same-sex marriage decision. Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 decision.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Word count in Nov for #SWAG4GCLS as I begin week 2's writing sprints is 3,001 words (I've written more on WIP, but counting only words written since 11/1 for fundraiser).

Donate here to support @goldencrownls.bsky.social :
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November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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#SWAG4GCLS Today's morning sprint came to 929 words. If you'd like to support my team for this GCLS fundraiser, visit secure.givelively.org/donate/golde...
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Missed sprinting yesterday and today had a lot of appointments, but I managed 659 words toward my November #writing goal for #SWAG4GCLS fundraiser. To support:
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November 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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#writingSprint #SWAG4GCLS Total words today: 1,419. If you support me at 1 cent per word, that's a $14.19 donation secure.givelively.org/donate/golde...

My WIP is looking healthy too: 11,008 words total. My goal this week would be great to add 7k. What are your writing goals this week?
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Celebrating #Pride in Gainesville this beautiful Saturday! With @elleire.bsky.social
Woman in a pink shirt and jeans standing behind a table with books on display
November 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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#writingSprint yielded 716 words today. Yay! How many of you in the #writingCommunity do morning sprints? Share your word counts here.
short haired brunette woman in a gray sweatshirt in closeup writing with a pen
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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#SapphicBooks Wonderful fiction and romance books by sapphic authors! ✔️ books.bookfunnel.com/bfhostffsloc...
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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I wrote a lot of words in sprint today: 285 new ones on my story, and 500-ish words for a column on crafting setting for my editing newsletter. All in all, very productive.
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Love #SapphicBooks? Join readers, authors, editors, publishers and even audiobook narrators in Orlando Florida in August 2026. www.goldencrownliterarysociety.org/2026-annual-... #LoudAndProud #GCLS
A rainbow colored radio transmission wave above the words Loud and Proud GCLS Orlando 2026
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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#TGIF everyone #lesficfri "hand" this week. Here's one of the first moments Brenna really focuses on Cassidy's hands in the opening pages of TURNING POINT my first-time sapphic rivals to lovers romance. The book is part of a Sapphic Fiction & Romance this month: books.bookfunnel.com/bfhostffsloc...
On the open pages of a book are words from the book TURNING POINT: Always to be counted on for livening up a social occasion, Rachelle started small talk about the L.A. County park system. Cassidy joined in as she described the new installation of fitness stations at her own neighborhood park. Feeling the body moving against her own, Brenna considered getting up, but she became entranced by the voice and the long fingered hands with which Cassidy was illustrating her points. Sapphic Book promo graphic with two women in a pre-kiss clinch, and two book covers for TURNING POINT and TURN FOR HOME with the words Sapphic Fiction Promo over a rainbow
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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#SWAG4GCLS fundraiser challenge for November. Though not a new writer, I will be working to complete not only the writing, but the recording, of a 30k novella in November. Donate to follow my progress. secure.givelively.org/donate/golde...
#writingCommunity #LGBTQwriters #sapphicBooks
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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#SapphicBooks check out my novels TURNING POINT and TURN FOR HOME and so many other fiction and romance books by sapphic authors. books.bookfunnel.com/bfhostffsloc...
Several images: Two women kissing, two book covers TURNING POINT and TURN FOR HOME and a Pride Rainbow. Overlaid are the words "Sapphic Fiction Promo" and "Sapphic Romance Books"
October 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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@iheartsapphicofficial.bsky.social spotlight this week is "enemies to lovers". Turning Point features rivals to lovers in the heavily competitive world of Hollywood. What's really at the heart of why Brenna is so afraid of Cassidy? www.amazon.com/dp/B0FG8N4DNC

#sapphicbooks #sapphicRomance
Book cover for Turning Point with the words "Enemies (rivals) to lovers" for IHS Spotlight this Week
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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#SapphicBooks check out my novels TURNING POINT and TURN FOR HOME and so many other fiction and romance books by sapphic authors. books.bookfunnel.com/bfhostffsloc...
Several images: Two women kissing, two book covers TURNING POINT and TURN FOR HOME and a Pride Rainbow. Overlaid are the words "Sapphic Fiction Promo" and "Sapphic Romance Books"
October 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Happy #lesficfri This week's word is "walk." Thanks to @oceanwrites.bsky.social

mybook.to/We3Three

#sapphicBooks #spicyBooks
Next to the cover for We Three, an FFM polyamorous erotic romance: Bartender Jess discovers what friends with benefits really means when she meets Elena and Eric: "multiple times I found myself looking around to see if anyone might notice the flush in my neck and cheeks." - By the Bi Podcast, 5 stars Dress described in excerpt: form fitting to a woman's body with geometric square and rectangle boxes layered in a jumble of colors, including blue, green, brown, white, and black. On an image of an open book page: "Hi." Jess looked up to see Elena walking toward them wearing an hourglass summer dress. The white fabric had geometric patches of overlapping colors. The brunette wore no stockings or shoes. When Jess's gaze lifted again to meet Elena's eyes, the brunette continued, "I'm glad you came." Elena’s cheeks reddened at the same time Jess caught the double entendre. Quickly apologetic, Elena held out her hand and restated, "I mean, Jess, it's really nice to see you. Again."
October 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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#SapphicBooks check out these fiction and romance books by sapphic authors. books.bookfunnel.com/bfhostffsloc...
October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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@iheartsapphicofficial.bsky.social spotlight this week is "coming out" stories. TURNING POINT has TWO within its pages. Both FMCs make a later-in-life self-discovery they are attracted to each other despite a history of marriage (unhappy). www.amazon.com/dp/B0FG8N4DNC (3-book series)
October 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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A few paperbacks and hardcovers remain after my last in-person sales event of the year. DM for details if you want one.

Hardcover $20. Paperbacks $10. Shipping costs not included.

Details of the books can be found here (along with ebook format, if you prefer): supposedcrimes.com/collections/...
Pictures of the author's books, from left to right: We Three and We Fit with matching three hands bringing together puzzle pieces above a Miami skyline, then Turning Point (hardcover) and Turn for Home with matching covers of two women in silhouette under a stage light shining a rainbow light down on them, and Turning In (illustrated cover with two women, one a brunette and one a blonde, in a kissing clinch).
October 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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#StandWithSapphics #SapphicBooks #BansOffOurBooks
Text reads: Defending Sapphic Stories. Our books. Our rights. The Sapphic Action Support Squad (SASS) is dedicated to organizing, supporting, and advocating for the sapphic literature community. As the LGBTQ+ community continues to be targeted by book bans, SASS stands in solidarity with authors whose work has been targeted and champion our right to read and write sapphic stories.
October 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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My October author #newsletter is up. (Another audiobook, too, for paid subscribers) larazielinsky.substack.com
The author’s workspace features two small folding tables, a chair, and laptop with a pad of paper and pen alongside.
October 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Celebrating #SapphicBooks at Spacecoast Pride today!
September 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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#lesficfri “remembered”

#sapphicBooks #wlwBooks #romance
mybook.to/LZTurningPoint
Bi pride flag (horizontal stripes of magenta, purple and blue) over which is the words “Happy Bisexual Visibility Month” Book cover for Turning Point by Lara Zielinsky. Silhouettes of two women in the foreground of a mountain with a rainbow pouring from a spotlight over the whole scene Quoted text: [Cassidy] remembered spending most of the slope time on her rear end, pride damaged more than anything else. The nights had consisted of keeping warm under blankets that barely covered anything. Efforts to keep warm had led to other interesting pastimes. Maybe she ought to call Misty and catch up.
September 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM