by Tamara Palmer | Sep 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every so often people share with me that they don’t read fiction. As a fiction writer and an avid novel reader, I find these discussions immeasurably sad. Regardless of intention, my brain interprets such comments as little jabs. The implication being that somewhere...
by Tamara Palmer | Jun 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
What drives ideas? What creates … creativity? Do ideas exist and then enter our minds to be sculpted into a form, be that a manuscript or a canvas or any other creation? J.K. Rowling has said, “Sometimes the ideas just come to me. Other times I have to sweat and...
by Tamara Palmer | May 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Perimenopausal hormone chaos has taken my beloved coffee from me. About two years ago I had to admit that the rushing heartbeat and strains to catch a full breath were no longer bodily sensations I could ignore and simply “deal with.” Caffeine was going to give me a...
by Tamara Palmer | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
For our 20th wedding anniversary, we were looking for a trip of a lifetime. We wanted to commemorate the achievement of making it through the years together, a trip that could serve as a true celebration of our relationship. My mind drifted to visions of Europe, spots...
by Tamara Palmer | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” — Mary Oliver This week, I lost my aunt and, in doing so, I lost my publisher. Judi was one of those rocks in my life that I had assumed was permanent – bedrock, tethered deeply into the earth....
by Tamara Palmer | Sep 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Chicago, early March, so typically cold and gray. I was flat-out pissed off that I got called. Frustrated and oh so cranky about a ludicrous 50-minute drive to jury duty on a Tuesday morning. Why couldn’t I have been summoned to the courthouse in Skokie? 26th and...
by Tamara Palmer | Jun 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
The carpool line extends around the block, a row of brake lights as far as the eye can see. It’s January and an unpleasant thirty degrees. Thick grey clouds have blanketed the sky for far too many days. The environmentalist in me screams to turn off my idling RAV4,...
by Tamara Palmer | May 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Several years ago our family of three embarked on a “living the dream,” three-week working vacation in Europe. We wanted to test out what it would be like to live abroad. It’s one thing to base a vacation out of a hotel and spend days touring museums, but what would...
by Tamara Palmer | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Photo credit Jon Sailer I’m on a seesaw across from a giant named Guilt. I’m Gratitude. Every day, all day, I teeter, desperately trying to find balance. Goddamn it’s hard. It’s Day 4562. No really, it’s day 27 of Shelter at Home, government mandated...
by Tamara Palmer | May 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Help me get these copies of Missing Tyler out into the world and off of my bookshelf. Order a book for yourself, and I’ll include a complimentary 2nd copy for you to share with a friend or family member. Summer Reading is Right Around the Corner The Beach The...
