Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyKae Kolormore @kaekolormore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026people will say "did you know the creator of ... has a weird fetish" as if anything other than a weird fetish could possibly compel you to suffer through the creative process 3644521660
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ahahaha to be quite honest with you I hope nobody who hires me as an EA or PA is going to be reading my sex scene editing work as a part of the interview process. 000
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As I continue to be unemployed in this low-hire, low-fire economy (please let me know of any EA/PA jobs you see!), I thought it would be a great time to remind you all of this highly unique service I can render: laradonnelly.com/unfck-it/laradonnelly.com(Un)F*ck It!Writing a sex scene can be scary. Is it believable? Is it possible? Is it hot? Will it end up winning the Bad Sex Award, marking its author forever as someone who has used the phrase “triumph… 155
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Nasty (positive) is such high praise! 😻 000
Reposted by Lara Elena Donnellymeagan kane @spocksbrain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Deathcap by @larazontally.bsky.social (nasty, positive modifier, really stuck in my head for weeks) Ghost in the Tank by @mruthrobinson.bsky.social (toxic, positive modifier, chef’s kiss), Euthanasia Influx by Rowan Hill (terrifying, horrified modifier, that ending tho!) … & many more, but time’s up 241
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 18/09/2026TOMORROW! please come see me! Buy my books! Buy @homewardbooksco.bsky.social! Buy a drink! Mingle! Chat! Have a good time OR ELSE! 043
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyHomeward Books @homewardbooksco.bsky.social · 16/09/2026All four of us finally met in person! And there's a newsletter about all we achieved (mainly drinking too much champagne): homewardbooks.beehiiv.com/p/chapter-fi... 031
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I will be here repping @homewardbooksco.bsky.social! 011
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyKeith R.A. DeCandido @kradec.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This Saturday in Building 6 of Industry City it's Brooklyn Books & Booze Book Fair #2: Electric Book-aloo! I'll be there selling and signing books -- including my new release, THE INFLICTORS: COME TOGETHER -- along with dozens of other word-slingers. Come on by! Details at brooklynbooksbooze.com 164
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Get 'emheated.worldOil executives just accidentally exposed the industry’s greatest weaknessTo keep drilling, Big Oil needs permission to dump treated fracking wastewater into rivers and onto cropland. We don’t have to give it to them. 000
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"Every economy that killed those women existed so the blouse could stay cheap enough for women like them to buy. They were not making it for the rich. They were making it for each other."sluttyprimarysource.substack.comThe Door Opened InwardA shift on the eighth floor, March 25, 1911. 000
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Dear the internet, I'm still job hunting, so I'm re-launching my Patreon. I'm going to be gradually unlocking all my old tiered posts, and this time there's ONE tier, of $5, but also nothing will be locked. So swing by! Follow! Maybe throw me a couple bucks! www.patreon.com/cw/laradonne...patreon.comLara Elena Donnelly — creating FictionGet more from Lara Elena Donnelly on Patreon. creating Fiction. Support Lara Elena Donnelly and get exclusive access to their work. 197
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 02/09/2026AI scams are getting cannier and cleverer. it's infuriating and means authors are deleting very real emails asking them to do events. if you want me to do an event put something loopy and meatsack in your email! Tell me...idk, who's your favorite historical freak and why. More specific is better. 070
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 01/09/2026YOU! YEAH YOU! READ THIS! clarkesworldmagazine.com/sobel_09_26/clarkesworldmagazine.comAnd So I Open My Fists by Rachel SobelClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 021
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyHailey Kaas - Cancer Fund ($285/$650) @transqueerfem.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Hi! We still need $230 to achieve this week's goal. That's why I'm doing another thread on Brazilian politics to help boost our crowd. I'm doing this to fund my mom's battle against breast cancer. She's now doing radio, but still pretty much debilitated by chemo. #mutualaid #helpsky 12328
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 13/08/2026making newsletters six months at a time laradonnelly.substack.com/p/long-live-...laradonnelly.substack.comLong Live the Weird ShitMy unsaleable book is trying to get sold. 000
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 11/08/2026You, a fan of my books: Damn, when will Lara do another book, it's been so long!!! Me, an author: has a new novel on sub AT THIS MOMENT. So if you're an acquiring editor or whatever, lmk. If you're a fan...cross your fingers! 3174
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyHomeward Books @homewardbooksco.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"...an antidote to the enshittification of publishing" Banger of a shoutout for JADE YEO in the latest Folkist newsletter: folkistspace.substack.com/p/happy-zugs... (The Folkist is one of our favorite newsletters! Fresh, heartfelt, funny, thoughtful. It will actually make you want to live!)folkistspace.substack.comHappy Zugswang to YouOr: how to move when you're stuck in a trap. 002
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 31/07/2026As I am currently glamorously funemployed, it seems like a good time to remind folks that this is a service I can render: laradonnelly.com/unfck-it/laradonnelly.com(Un)F*ck It!Writing a sex scene can be scary. Is it believable? Is it possible? Is it hot? Will it end up winning the Bad Sex Award, marking its author forever as someone who has used the phrase “triumph… 043
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 21/07/2026"And the best way to solve it is to just stop burning fossil fuels." 011
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyElla Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I can finally announce that I was invited to become a @binderybooks.bsky.social tastemaker! The Rebel Ever After community will live on the Bindery platform for book lovers — and we have the opportunity to start our very own romance imprint. rebeleverafter.binderybooks.com 74411
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I'm gonna read a SPICY scene from the new book, so you better order a lot of cold beverages to compensate. 030
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Never been so grateful to be a community garden member. Practicing safe salad over here.wired.comThe Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is About to Get Much BiggerOfficial case counts likely capture only a fraction of US cyclosporiasis infections, and the outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better. 001
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Do you know anybody in NYC who wants to learn hand spinning (on a drop spindle AND a wheel)? Tell them I'm teaching a class on Sunday! textileartscenter.com/adult-classes/textileartscenter.comTextile Arts CenterTextile Arts Center (TAC) unites and empowers the textile community. People of all ages use TAC as a resource to connect with fellow creatives, broaden their skills, deepen their understanding of text... 050
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyBrooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 13/07/2026How's 'bout some READ white and blue! Yep, BBB brings the fab @megelison.bsky.social (in pic) to our next reading on 7/21 at Barrow's! She's joined by fellow author/readers @larazontally.bsky.social @randeedawn.com @andreahairston.bsky.social ! Do join us! Free! 📚️🍸️🎙️ More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com 063
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyRandee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 12/07/2026After months on the road, next week I'm back in NYC! Know what I want to do first? Share "We Interrupt This Program" with y'all! So join me at @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social on 7/21 @ 7pm with @megelison.bsky.social @andreahairston.bsky.social & @larazontally.bsky.social! More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com 073
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Have you followed @homewardbooksco.bsky.social yet??? 000
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I extra hate that they named it after Earendil. Fuck that??? 150
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I have been 1st in line for this book FOR MONTHS NOW. WHO is sitting on this eBook and can you PLEASE return it, I want to read about my horrible little medical man and his friendly, foul-mouthed golden retriever. 240
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyBrooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 10/07/2026In honor of @megelison.bsky.social's new "Foundling Fathers" novel (hear her read at BBB's 7/21 reading at 7pm w/ @randeedawn.com @andreahairston.bsky.social & @larazontally.bsky.social) -- meet the FLOUNDERING REFLECTION, a boondoggle of a concoction available for 1 night only at Barrow's Intense! 135
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyHomeward Books @homewardbooksco.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Hello! We're finally here, at long last. We do things slowly, but we try to do them well. For instance, we have two books out now! They took a long time to make! But they're really, really good. 1146
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 08/07/2026@homewardbooksco.bsky.social is AT LAST on Bluesky! Follow us for good things. 043
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 08/07/2026COME THROUGH! I am gonna read from my BISEXUAL VAMPIRES book from @neonhemlock.bsky.social and also from a SUPER SPECIAL NEW NOVEL that I am reliably informed may soon go on submission (holy shit???????) 065
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyElias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 09/06/2026NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO by Zen Cho. A frothy epistolary novella, this literary comedy of manners dazzles and delights in true effervescent style. Utterly charming! Our drink is an Artistic Education, a bright bubbly mocktail. 14917
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyKelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 03/07/2026Excited to hear the good folks at Homeward Books Co. are reprinting Zen Cho's cult neo-classic novel The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo www.homewardbooks.com/books/the-pe...homewardbooks.comhomeward books 012
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyBrooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 03/07/2026COMING SOON: Cheescake! Er, actually--AUTHORS and fantastic stories at BBB's 7/21 reading (@ 7pm)! Join readers @larazontally.bsky.social (pictured) @megelison.bsky.social @randeedawn.com & @andreahairston.bsky.social & grab a special cocktail at Barrow's Intense! 📚️🍸️🎙️ Info: BrooklynBooksBooze.com 073
Reposted by Lara Elena Donnellylawngnomesorceress @lawngnomesorceress.bsky.social · 01/07/2026worldbuilding should be when u draw a map of ur fantasy land halfway through the story, bc u couldn't keep track of where shit is in your head anymore, not whatever this is: 2928741
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 29/06/2026i don't even have the dayjob!!! i just have the brain. 010
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Doing the dance of cutting as many words as possible while losing as few darlings as possible. Extremely tedious. Send gifs. 130
Reposted by Lara Elena Donnellynige 'dear ratboy' @niall.codes · 20/06/2026That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools 79133734629
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Honored to be in here along with my very favorite fucked up police detective game. 020
Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Also!! so glad you liked the fucked up alien sex story <3 Indeed it WAS an homage to Alien. Specifically, Alien: Resurrection and the scene where Ripley torches all her clones. 110
Reposted by Lara Elena DonnellyBrooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Thanks to all who joined BBB on a very fine Tuesday to hear from @ninocipri.bsky.social @jeffsomers.bsky.social @ceciliatan.com & #SeamusSullivan! Next up 7/21: @megelison.bsky.social @randeedawn.com @larazontally.bsky.social & andreahairston.bsky.social!🎙️📚 Pics here: tinyurl.com/385hmfww 2157
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