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drunk or tired?

2/10/2015

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You should never write a blog post when you are either drunk or overly tired. I'm not drunk. But I am very tired. And I'm not going to follow my own advice; I'm going to write a blog post and hope I don't regret it later. 
I'm struggling. I'll admit it. I can't seem to find the magic, the music, the must-write-right-now mojo that was there in the beginning. I want to write amazing stories. I want to say something, and yet lately I end up writing rambling blog posts at 3 am instead of sleeping or writing or saying anything of worth. For the last six months, I've been running on empty. 
I spent the last two weekends at book signings, visiting with readers who wanted to know what was next for Amy Harmon. And I could only smile while my heart cracked a little, knowing how hard it's been to make myself do anything lately but just BE, knowing there wasn't anything coming soon. 
What happens when you're living your dream, but your dream is robbing you of your life? That's kind of where I'm at right now, caught in the Indie race, the crazy cycle of needing to constantly produce, yet knowing the reason I became successful in the first place was because I didn't produce what everyone else was spitting out. 
So this is my blog post at 3 am for the little group of readers who might see it and care. I'm sorry. I might need some time, friends. I've got to figure the world out, or my little corner of it. And when I find my way back, I'll tell you what I've learned, and I'll do it with a story. Until then . . .
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the law of moses review by tarryn fisher

2/3/2015

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I let out an inhuman wail and began to sob when I got to the end of this blog post. I had gone into the bathroom and closed the door to read it (that's the only place a mom can truly be alone, and even then, it's not complete solitude). My nineteen-year-old heard my banshee crying and got concerned. 
"Mom! Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I just read something by Tarryn Fisher and I am crying now."
"Okaaaaay. Good or bad?"
"Good. So damn good."

And it is. It's breathtaking. And to think that my book plays into her brilliant tirade --- for it IS brilliant --- I just can't even. I'm considering getting a tattoo of Tarryn's name on my arse.


Want to know what I'm talking about? Check out the review of The Law of Moses by Tarryn Fisher!
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Food for thought . . . 

1/11/2015

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Q&A with Amy Harmon

12/16/2014

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Describe the most daring, adventurous or inspiring thing you ever did.

I was auditioning to be in a choir directed by Gladys Knight. But I was very late for the audition. When I got there, the audition was over, but I could hear a group of people behind a closed door. The microphone was still on in the main room where the auditions had occurred. So I got on the microphone and started singing. Eventually, someone came out and asked me who I was and if they could help me. I told them I really wanted to audition for Ms. Knight. They left and came back a few minutes later and said she would let me sing for her. Bottom line? I got to sing for a legend, and I made it into the choir. True story.

Tell us about your journey to becoming a writer. (How did you decide
to get started? Did you always know or was there a specific moment when you knew?)

I’ve always been a writer, and I wrote my first novel, Running Barefoot, simply because I wanted to prove to myself I could do it. I didn’t know how to get something published, and I was a busy mom teaching school, so I set it aside. Several years later, out of work with a brand new baby (child number four) and mounting medical bills, I knew I had to do something different. I wrote another novel, Slow Dance in Purgatory, and self-published both of them on Amazon. Fifteen months later my fourth novel, A Different Blue, hit the NY Times Bestsellers list, and I’m just trying to process it all. What a crazy, awesome ride it’s been!


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