Tamera Alexander's Blog, page 59

Shrinking Violets and Mystery Glass

I'm loving the house we're in and am enjoying getting settled, finding places for everything. We still have lots of boxes to go through in the garage but at least the house itself is somewhat organized and functional now. Even though a piece of furniture or a vase or a picture may be years old, changing its location gives it a new feel. Wish I could say the same for me. I've got to get back into

Almost Forever...a book I loved!

My writing critique partner and dear friend Deb Raney has a new release out, and I'm so excited to tell you about it. Almost Forver lives up to all the great press it's getting and far more. Check it out... 
Almost Foreverby Deborah RaneyA Hanover Falls Novelfrom Howard/Simon & Schuster
Unearthing a lost memory may cause her to lose everything she holds dear. but could it also set her free?

Happy Mother's Day

To all the moms out there, I hope you've had a wonderful day with family and friends. I sure have. It was a hard one without Mom (our first since she went Home last August), but I've felt her love and her humor all day today, for which I'm especially grateful. (The pic is of me and Mom on our trip to Dallas in 2007 to the RWA Conference. We always had such fun together.)

More later this week,

Blogging on the run

I'm at my daughter's apartment right now borrowing her internet. Ours still hasn't been connected yet so I've been borrowing from Panera in recent days. I'm the gal in the white Expedition idling out front by the patio, holding her Mac at an odd angle trying to get a signal. Anyway, I'm on the run so will make this quick. A few things...

Guess you've heard about all the flooding in Nashville

Sugar Chests, Good friends, and MOVING DAY!

Last week some good friends from Colorado were in town and we met for lunch at Pucketts in Franklin (delicious place with a really fun atmosphere), then they showed me the fabulous "find" Willma discovered––a beautiful sugar chest (circa early 1800s). Would love to know the history behind this piece!
Willma Heckman and her daughter, Jenny. (Willma absconded with a packet of sugar from the

Life...Edited

It's a little after 2AM on Tuesday morning and I'm deep into final edits on this next book, the "last look" I'll get at this manuscript before it comes back to me in galley stage before it goes to press. With the benefit of time having passed, I'm able to see the story a little clearer and it's amazing at how a sentence or paragraph that I thought was so crucial to a scene...isn't.
So I'm

Better Than a Hallelujah

A dear friend (waving to you, Darla) sent me a link to Amy Grant's newest song and after hearing it, I downloaded it immediately. It's blessed me repeatedly in recent days. The words resonate within me with where I am in life right now. I hope you'll take a minute to check it out here.


As Darla wrote in her note to me, God loves the truest cries of our hearts. Amen, sister! "The sacrifices of

Blessings this Easter

Praying you have a blessed Easter today! That God will draw you closer in some special way, and that you'll "see Jesus" with fresh eyes as the disciples did...

"After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the

Careful how you walk

Being a lover of history, I'm fascinated by glimpses into the past, whether they're in written form (diaries and journals) or through the venue of a camera lens. A friend recently shared this footage captured on the front of a trolley car in San Francisco (1906) just days before the earthquake.

I'm a people watcher so I especially enjoy watching the people in this video footage. I've read that

A nice surprise

I'm honored to be listed alongside the ladies below––Robin Lee Hatcher and Deborah Raney––as a finalist for the Gayle Wilson award for The Inheritance and Beyond This Moment. Robin and Deb are both dear friends and fabulous writers and have been encouragements to me in countless ways. Thanks, ladies, and congrats!
The picture above is a fun ad we put together for a conference program in 2008.
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