State of the TAM - 29 March
In typical Northern Irish weather we’ve had a lovely two weeks, lots of sunshine and no rain, and next week we might have snow.
What is that about?
I do promise to get video of Izzy rioting in the first snowfall if there is any though! I know none of you would want to miss that!
Not being doing much else this week. Mostly writing, taking Izzy out to do a wee everytime she wakes up from a snooze, and making plans for UK Meet and GRL. I’ll try and do something more thrilling next week! Or, you know, anything!
Pupdate of the WeekI told you we had nice weather! Even went and got a paddling pool. Jax would like you all to know that he’s getting ready for Easter and that he definitely doesn’t need a bath (he so needs a bath, he has a green tail from running up the field :D).

Meanwhile, Izzy is just ready for mischief and doesn’t know what a bath is…although she’s going to need one soon. She’s been rolling in the firt like she’s a chinchilla!

So, Alice Crane was kind enough to invite me to her group to celebrate her Publishversary this week. So since I believe in celebrating week long… check out her series Thicker than Blood!
![Thicker than Blood by [Alice Crane]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1648644205i/32750037.jpg)
Free Audio Chapter of the WeekAs a soldier in the Australian Army, Daniel Sinclair knows that there are no guarantees in life. When he returns home from a surprise deployment to find his partner has left him and he has been left alone with a baby on the way, he finds his world shifting beneath him. The last thing he needs is to add a new heartache to his list of complications. But there’s something about Eli that turns his head and he just can’t resist the temptation.
Eli Devlin barely has time for himself, let alone time to find a man to share his life with. He is trying to keep his sister from self-destructing while caring for her three children. Eli has no idea what to do with a hunky soldier that pushes all his buttons and demands every part of him.
Can they convince each other—and themselves—that life is better together than apart?
This is a 90,000-word MM romance with mature themes that contains a happily-ever-after filled with hot snarky men who can’t resist falling in love.
‘Shift Plan’ by TA Moore is a Night Shift short story and a prequel to Split Shift. Find out more about who Kit Marlow was before he joined the Night Shift, and how he became the man Cade Deacon gets to meet in the books! Final chapter up now!

Written by TA Moore
Narrated by Michael Fell
If you prefer to read rather than listen, you can get Shift Plan in mobi and epub on the website.
The complete Night Shift series is available on Audible, also narrated by the awesome Michael Fell.

…so many bees! I have characters whose significant others would SO write this tweet. LOL.

March 27th 2022
22,598 Retweets364,206 LikesMust Read of the WeekI am not much of a cook, but ‘oily fingie’ sent me so I’m sharing it with you. :D
How to Measure Sticky Ingredients Without Losing Your Gosh Darn MindI spent 30 years measuring sticky ingredients like a fool.

There used to be exactly one thing I didn’t like about baking. I called it the Peanut Butter Problem and it happened every time I made my favorite three-ingredient cookies. The Peanut Butter Problem was, as you may have guessed, my best attempt to get a precise amount of peanut butter from a measuring cup into a mixing bowl, and it involved multiple butter knives, my pointer finger, and swearing. I’m told I looked like a very drunk person trying to pick a lock while blindfolded.
And then came TikTok.
This is localish (I could drive there :D…if I could drive at the moment!) to me. Isn’t it AMAZING.


March 26th 2022
601 Retweets6,101 LikesI am deeply attached to Ra…Ra..Rasputin and I love this trailer.
And since we’re here…the reason I love that song so much is because I associate it with Nikolai Dante from 2000 AD. I loved this series.

I would eat these. I’m not proud of that, but I would.


March 29th 2022
5 Retweets13 Likes