Has anyone else noticed the amount of hate and inequitable critiques indie and self-published authors receive? It got me thinking about editing, story-telling, the art of writing, style, writing ...
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Swing: A Vintage Book Review A Swing book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Swing (Ever Ink Press, March 30, 2015) by Lindsey Renee Backen is an young adult coming-of-age romance set in post-Wo...
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Hops the Atlantic: Now on Sale! Time-out for Hackers I’d hoped to have the sequel to The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress Hops the Atlantic in time for Christmas and let everyone know about it, b...
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Be My Guest I’m excited to welcome fellow Lindy fiction novelist, Renee Conoulty to my blog. Before we get into her wonderful guest post about vintage fashion hair accessories–Snoods–I want...
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IT’S ALIVE! The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress is finally ALIVE! Yes, I feel like Doctor Frankenstein, more so than with the release of Ghostoria: Vintage Romantic Tales of Fright. Doing a colle...
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A fellow writer, Phil McBride, graciously conducted a Tam Francis interview on his blog to help promote my new book, The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress and encourage more folks to nominate it. (g...
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Halloween Hallow’s Read & Ghostoria Book Trailer I just received an ad about Neil Gaiman starting a new tradition called All Hallow’s Read! The idea is to give a book as a Halloween gift. B...
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The self-publishing journey has been exhausting and rewarding. Many things I learned along the way, I wish someone had told me about, so I wasn’t stumbling in the dark. I’ve culled what I’...
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~ Dance Quotes Perfect for Swing Dancers ~ by Tam Francis In my writing The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress series, Ghostoria, and Flapper Affair, I have come across dance quotes that embody the sen...
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5 Elements for your first 5 pages I’m a member of ARWA (Austin Romance Writer’s of America) and we are fortunate to have experienced writers who are willing to share their expertise. We wer...
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Why Book Signings are for you whether you’re a reader or a writer By Tam Francis First let me invite you to my reading and signing of my debut book, Ghostoria: Vintage Romantic Tales of Fright....
Interview with Ghost Story Author My name is Lizzy and I’m a character in Dressing the Part from Ghostoria: Vintage Romantic Tales of Fright. Tam has asked me to interview her to get everyone e...
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~ Politically Correct or Censorship? ~ by Tam Francis THE ALERT After posting a link to reddit (scary over there–talk about an odd form of censorship or bullying), it was brought to my attent...
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Hot New Release in time for Halloween & the Writer’s Journey by Tam Francis Time to Buy The collection of short stories, perfect for Halloween, is finally here and available on Amazon, Kindle, ...
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~ Don’t Be Cheap: Why You Should Spend Money on Your Novel’s Cover Art ~ by Tam Francis I’m on the verge of self-publishing my ghost story collection. This seemed like a no-brainer. Literar...
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~ Everyone’s a Critic: How to be the one Everyone Wants ~ by Tam Francis As writers, it’s in our best interest to have our works critiqued, and we need to learn to take it on the chin, and h...
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~ Don’t be a Fool: Query, Rewrite and Ninja Edit ~ The Torture of Querying It struck me that most of the blogs out there for writers are pushing self-publishing. Heck, I’m going to jump in wi...
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~ What you Need to Know to Write an Author Introduction ~ by Tam Francis Set Yourself Apart with an Author Introduction With the proliferation of self-publishing, indie and hybrid publishing, it�...
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~ I Won NaNoWriMo and Revolutionized my Writing ~ This year a gal in my writer’s group convinced me to sign up for the NaNoWriMo ( National Novel Writing Month). I had originally said NO, with...
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~ Why are you Hating on Present Tense? ~ I’ve been having an ongoing discussion with some of my writer friends about tense. Most the writers in my critique group vehemently do not like reading/...
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~ Are You a Social Media Addict? ~ When Candace Johnson invited me to guest blog, I was grateful and thrilled. In keeping with the themes of Candace’s blog, I wanted to share my writerly (re...
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WHO ARE YOUR READERS? by Tam Francis I was talking to a fellow writer and blogger, he wanted me to read his novel and write a review on Good Reads. It got me thinking about who my readers are a...
~ It’s my party & I’ll Cry if I want to ~ I am fortunate to have a mother who reads. Well, she doesn’t read, she listens, she is blind from radiation necrosis, but we consider it reading (s...
~ DO ARTISTS CREATE THEIR OWN REALITY ~ I have been blogging for years but mostly about subjects which reflect the content of my novel: vintage clothing, jitterbugging, cocktails, vintage sewing ...
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New? Start Here! Thank you for visiting my Vintage Living Blog. Inspired by my love of vintage living and my fictional writing. Most of my vintage living blog posts are micro stories with some h...
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