Restart: Tam’s Tales and The Old West
Most people know me as a romance author, which I most definitely am. Yet for a long time now, I’ve had a passion project prodding at the back of my mind. After the release of my latest romantasy, Shaman, I suddenly had a burning desire to tackle that passion project. Over the next year, I’ll […]
Public Speaking–Or Death
Each time I stepped out of my comfort zone, I hyperventilated. I was utterly terrified. But something happened along the way. I stopped having asthma attacks. I stopped overthinking for weeks before the event. I settled in and shared something important with audiences who wanted to hear it. That’s the first, most important key. The audience is always on the speaker’s side. They come to listen to what the speaker has to say.
Tam’s Tales: Celebrating May Day
This feast day is a celebration of life that can’t happen without sexuality. It was common for Celtic people to gather together to celebrate with food, dancing, and pairing up. In pagan times, sex was seen as an avenue to abundance and therefore a cause for celebration. Today, people often leave a May basket on the doorstep of someone whose affection they’d like to have.
Tam’s Tales
Vernal Equinox and Celtic Rituals Happy first day of spring! We’ve had little snow all winter. Yet on the first day of spring, it’s coming down like it’s making up for lost time. This morning, I walked along the Buffalo Bill Reservoir and listened to the purring trill of Sandhill cranes. The lake was mirror-still, […]
Rebranding
Adventures and rebranding It’s been more than a minute since I put up anything new in the blogosphere. No excuses. I just wasn’t motivated. Mainly, I was bummed out at the lack of opportunities I was having for trying new things. With so many closures and limited re-openings and changes in how to access events […]
Day Drinking with Authors and Other Shenanigans
Book talk adventures Though this year has started out slow for trying new things, stretching myself, and perhaps increasing my luck, it has been adventurous. The second new thing I’ve tried so far was participating in an afternoon of day drinking on YouTube. Tripp’s Smokepit, hosted by Tripp Ainsworth, is a YouTube channel dedicated to authors […]
Year in the Rearview
My Thirty New Things year begins May 1, Beltane, the early summer fertility festival day of the Celts. It seems a fitting day for new beginnings. Glancing in the rearview, what a year it was during pandemic lockdown. Being stuck at home meant finding new ways to try new things. Sadly, I ran out of […]
Book Marketing: Try Thirty New Things
Starting my publishing career on the cusp of a world-wide pandemic certainly wasn’t great timing. On the flip side, not having the opportunities to share my books in person has forced me to learn some things about how to market my books in ways I wouldn’t have thought of in a “normal world.” The trial […]
Adventures in Firsts: Try Thirty New Things
This last month, I managed to have two new experiences I’d never considered before.
It’s a Stretch: Try Thirty New Things
Trying to stretch myself with new experiences while stuck at home has been a deal. I’m fairly happy living as a tech challenged person. There are so many clever people out there who can help me, so I never saw the need to become better at software and sites and whatever. But in the age […]