Tara Lynn Masih's Blog, page 2
February 4, 2021
Short Story in The Baltimore Review
Thrilled to have a long short story pubbed in the winter issue of the esteemed Baltimore Review. This developed from research I did for MY REAL NAME IS HANNA. Set in the Taiga forest...Enjoy!
https://baltimorereview.org/index.php...
With thanks to editor Barbara Westwood Diehl...
https://baltimorereview.org/index.php...
With thanks to editor Barbara Westwood Diehl...
December 1, 2020
BITTER KIND Makes Goodreads' Reader Approved, Highly Rated List To Discover Now!
Thrilled to see this little book made this list!https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1...
Love the company we're in!
Thank you, Goodreads! My favorite place to be on the Internet...
X0 Tara
November 18, 2020
BITTER KIND reviews in Necessary Fiction and 100 Word Story
As an author, I can't thank enough the venues who continue to review and support small press books. Huge thanks to Necessary Fiction and 100 Word Story:
"The Bitter Kind is sixty-eight pages of legend, lemons, ghosts, and begonias, shifting deftly between genre and perspective." --100 Word Story
Full review: http://www.100wordstory.org/book-revi...
"Fortunately, Masih and Claffey are superbly well-matched as authors. The result of their partnership is a book that transcends experimentation for experimentation’s sake, seamlessly narrating two lives as they drift toward a powerful convergence."--Necessary Fiction
Full review: http://necessaryfiction.com/reviews/T...
August 17, 2020
The Bookends Review of The Bitter Kind
Lovely review for BK in the Bookends Review:
"The book reminds me very much of Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams, not necessarily in the plot (though there are references to Train-Dreams-era frontier days), but in the experience. For me, very similar emotions were evoked—melancholia, longing, awareness of the mystical nature of the world—and the same sense of impossibility: how can such a little book hold so much of the human experience? . . . The Bitter Kind functions as a lightning rod for catharsis. The prose itself offers human connection with Stela and Brandy, Masih and Claffey, and any other solitary traveler of the imagination who happens to wander across its pages."
Full review here!: http://thebookendsreview.com/2020/08/...
July 3, 2020
BITTER KIND reviewed in SmokeLong Quarterly
LOVE this powerfully written review by Kara Oakleaf in one of our finest flash fiction journals, SmokeLong Quarterly. It's always nerve-wracking to wait for that first one!
"Masih and Claffey have given us something that feels so essential right now – one of those rare stories that makes you feel a little less alone."
Full review here: http://www.smokelong.com/review-the-b...
It's well worth the read just to experience what a carefully constructed review is all about.
Have a happy and safe 4th! Book available for preorder very soon at Cervena Barva!
January 15, 2020
2019 National Jewish Book Award Finalist!
SO very grateful to find out that this little novel:
Shortlisted for the National Jewish Book Awards in the YA category. Definitely a career high for me. And a graceful nod to those who can't be here to tell their own Ukrainian war stories.
Peace,
Tara Lynn Masih
Shortlisted for the National Jewish Book Awards in the YA category. Definitely a career high for me. And a graceful nod to those who can't be here to tell their own Ukrainian war stories.
Peace,
Tara Lynn Masih
August 29, 2019
Hanna Wins the Julia Ward Howe Award for Young Readers
The one-year anniversary of the publication of my debut novel is on the horizon, so it's really special to be able to close out the year with an award from the Boston Authors Club. I love that Julia Howe was a suffragist and abolitionist. I'm truly honored!
http://bostonauthorsclub.org/2019
Thank you!
Tara
http://bostonauthorsclub.org/2019
Thank you!
Tara
August 6, 2019
9 Challenging YA Books Set Amid War And Global Crises
Happy to be called out in this impressive list about a timely, important subject. This site is the top wiki video site. They produced the video that highlights the 9 books:
https://wiki.ezvid.com/m/9-challengin...
https://wiki.ezvid.com/m/9-challengin...
July 29, 2019
Saying Goodbye to Your Characters: How Writers Move On
I had a lot of fun putting this blog post together and am very grateful to the amazing authors who participated (Rene Denfeld, Cherise Wolas, Christopher Castellani, Lisa Borders):
Link here to see what these writers do to move on to their next novels:
https://www.gilagreenwrites.com/index...
And huge thanks to Gila Green, author of White Zion, for inviting me!
Link here to see what these writers do to move on to their next novels:
https://www.gilagreenwrites.com/index...
And huge thanks to Gila Green, author of White Zion, for inviting me!
June 14, 2019
Gold Again for Hanna
I was kind of shocked to find out today that Hanna won the gold medal in historical fiction from Foreword Review's INDIE Awards:
https://www.forewordreviews.com/award...
It also shortlisted in the YA category.
Congratulations to all the winners! Foreword has been very supportive of my writing and editing career and I much appreciate them. And this is my first gold medal. From bronze, to silver, to gold, finally. This is not to brag, but to tell all you writers out there to keep working on your craft. Some are lucky and make it big really fast. The rest of us have to plug away with consistency and fortitude. Cheers!
https://www.forewordreviews.com/award...
It also shortlisted in the YA category.
Congratulations to all the winners! Foreword has been very supportive of my writing and editing career and I much appreciate them. And this is my first gold medal. From bronze, to silver, to gold, finally. This is not to brag, but to tell all you writers out there to keep working on your craft. Some are lucky and make it big really fast. The rest of us have to plug away with consistency and fortitude. Cheers!
