Tina Ann Forkner's Blog, page 6
November 5, 2016
I Wish I Could Bookmark These Pages
Can someone please tell me how to pause my daughter’s senior year? This season in her life, in my life as a mom, is going by so fast! I just want to hang on to… More
November 1, 2016
BookBub: A Good Resource for Discovering New Fiction
You might have already heard of BookBub, but if not, I wanted to let my readers know I have a profile on this site. BookBub is very popular with book lovers, so if you haven’t… More
October 31, 2016
Finding Time to Write: Co-Sharing Work Space
Over the years, I’ve offered all kinds of advice and opinions about finding time and space for writing. I have to confess that as my life has changed, I keep changing my mind about the… More
October 15, 2016
My Latest Read is Imaginary Things, by Andrea Lochen
This weekend I’m reading Imaginary Things, by fellow Tall Poppy Member Andrea Lochen. I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I first started Andrea’s novel, even though I knew it had been compared to… More
October 13, 2016
Good News About Nashville by Heart!
Good News!!! My sweet romance, Nashville by Heart, is now available on all platforms. This means that your library and local bookstore can now carry it and you have more buying options online for reading… More
October 10, 2016
Celebrating Waking Up Joy With a Book BOGO!
Friends, I can barely believe Waking Up Joy has been out for TWO years! I am so grateful for the readers who have spread the word about this novel and to my publisher for giving… More
Changing Landscapes
“There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives.” –Josephine Hart Some people are born and raised in one place and never leave, except for brief…
October 8, 2016
Shakespeare’s First Folio
I graduated in 1998 with an English degree from Sac State. As I accepted my diploma from my professor, my little girl was there to receive my degree with me. Just 5 months along, I’d… More
October 5, 2016
A Friendship Lesson for Introverts
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” — C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves I am an introvert. I…
August 22, 2016
Dear Readers, Remember When We First Met?
Dear Readers, Remember when we first met? For some of you who were around when my first book came out, social media was brand new and we still did old-fashioned things like write letters and… More
