Monday give-away!

Yes, it's true. Kindred is now out in paperback. You might not recognize it, it does have a lovely new cover, but inside, Miriam and Emmett, Mo and Jason as up to their usual mischief.

And so, in honor of them and my new cover, I'm holding a wee contest. Just email me your favorite line from Kindred (if, for some reaosn, you haven't read Kindred, you can email me a line from any one of my books) and I will pick one winner to recieve a signed paperback copy of Kindred! I can't wait to see what line you pick. And I'm very curious if I'm going to be seeing a lot of the same line or if you all pick different lines.

I'll announce the winner next week!

More later,

Tammar

Love

This story is one of the most beautiful love stories I've heard in a long time. I was driving, listening to NPR,  and it was one of those magical moments where tucked in between stories of war here and corruption there,  was this amazing story of a nun and a priest who fall in love. Their son tells their story and you can just hear the amazed bafflement in his voice as he talks about them.

It's beautiful.

It's love.

Happy Valentine's Day.

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Tammar

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What I feel...

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Tammar

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Creativity

Just read this book. Loved it!

It's fourteen drawings, supposedly dropped off at a children's publisher, that are the beginnings of fourteen stories, with the title and first line enclosed. The mysterious artist who dropped them off never returned. The drawings are haunting and magical, and with first lines like: A tiny voice asked, "Is he the one?" Or: He threw with all his might, but the third stone came skipping back. Or my favorite, entitled Mr. Linden's Library, the first line reads: He had warned her about the book. Now it was too late. The drawing is of a sleeping girl and an open book covered in vines. Can't you just feel a fairy tale tickling the back of your mind? This would be such a great book to use in a creative writing class.

Love this blog. People who chose to live life surrounded by creativity delight me.

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Tammar

Yummy snacks

I believe I've mentioned my awesome sister-in-law before. She's the one who was in the Navy and sailed all over the world, doing good deeds (fighting pirates, helping Iraqis, stuff like that.)

She's out of the Navy now, but her coolness-quotient hasn't eased off. She's part of a new company called NatureBox and it's such a cool concept. They send you a snack box full of healthy snacks every month. It's like a care package but with super healthy yummy stuff that changes monthly. Getting care packages was pretty much the best thing about going to college for me. Don't you agree that it's so much fun getting a big box of goodies in the mail?

They also run a blog with fabulous snack ideas. Take this one:

Apple nachos? Brilliant! Thinly slice apples, toss with lemon juice. Drizzle peanut butter (just nuke it for 20 seconds). Scatter chocolate chips, sliced almond, shredded coconut, whatever floats your taste buds. And ta da, awesomeness. Wouldn't this be a great Superbowl treat? Crunchy, sweet, sour, and healthy! Check out their recipe for lighten-up spinach-artichoke dip. Delicious.

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Tammar