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Spotlight on Tara Lain

April 27, 2021 by marianne h donley in category Apples & Oranges by Marianne H. Donley, Spotlight tagged as frat houses, Nerds vs Jocks, opposites attract, Tara Lain

Tara Lain believes in happy ever afters–and magic. Same thing. In fact, she says, she doesn’t believe, she knows. Tara shares this passion in her stories that star her unique, charismatic heroes and adventurous heroines. Quarterbacks and cops, werewolves and witches, blue collar or billionaires, Tara’s characters, readers say, love deeply, resolve seemingly insurmountable differences, and ultimately live their lives authentically.

After many years living in southern California, Tara, her soulmate honey and her soulmate dog decided they wanted less cars and more trees, prompting a move to Ashland, Oregon where Tara’s creating new stories and loving living in a small town with big culture.

Tara loves animals of all kinds, diversity, open minds, coconut crunch ice cream from Zoeys, and her readers.

You can find out more about Tara using the following links:

Website
Facebook
Readers Group
Newsletter
Amazon Page
BookBub
Twitter

Tara’s Nerds vs Jocks Series

By clicking on the book cover below, you can find more information on each book in the series.

HEAD TO HEAD

COACHING THE NERD

SCHOOLING THE JOCK

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Writing Camaraderie

November 3, 2012 by A Slice of Orange in category Archives tagged as Beth Yarnall, Book in a Year, Brenna Aubrey, Darynda Jones, Louisa Bacio, Nikki Prince., Tara Lain

â€œHowâ€™s the Writing Going?â€

Itâ€™s one of those questions that writers love and hate. If the writing is going well, we love to talk about the process. If itâ€™s not? Well, it can be a little painful to answer.

No one quite understands the writing process like another writer. Earlier this year, while working on the third book in my The Vampire, The Witch & The Werewolfseries, A Threesome Wedding Adventure, the â€œwritingâ€ actually wasnâ€™t going all that great at times. As Iâ€™ve mentioned in other posts, I didnâ€™t care for one secondary character much. He was a disappointment to my main character, and not very pleasant. Unlike some villains who are just so fun to write, this one wasnâ€™t.

At home, the writing exists in a sort of vacuum. If Iâ€™m on deadline, my husband tends to ignore the overabundance of mess in the household, and will take our daughters to birthday parties, etc. in order to give me time. That said, he never, ever asks those magic words.

Every now and then, my mom does. Sheâ€™s an artist, and understands the creative process. When I hadnâ€™t talked about my writing a lot, she ventured forth to test the waters.

More than anything, you know what helped? Coming to OCC/RWA meetings. Believe it. Every single Saturday, Brenna Aubrey would look at me and ask, â€œHowâ€™s the writing going?â€ and weâ€™d talk. She knew to ask, and even that little push helped. Member Nikki Prince has mentioned that knowing she’ll get a rose for a sale also acts as an incentive. We understand.

Coming off the OCC 31^st Birthday Bash and the Pajama Parties, and heading into 2013 and our very first Book-in-a-Year push, headed up by Beth Yarnall, who did wonders for the EVA chapter, and the SoCalRWA Conference in March 2013, Iâ€™m feeling the love of the writing camaraderie.

November 1 also kicked off NaNoWriMo â€“ a month of insanity where writers all around the world push to crank out 50,000 words in a month. They donâ€™t have to be the best words ever â€¦ just a working draft. We have many members of our chapter taking part. Check out Twitter and Facebook, and share in those high word count days, and those that were a bit harder to get through.

And come Saturday, Nov. 10, when we gather together to listen to the magic of Tara Lain and Darynda Jones, remember to turn to the person sitting next to you and ask, â€œHowâ€™s the writing going?â€

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