State of the TAM - 12th July

Look, it’s my birthday! So everyone has to be nice to me. Even though I have TOTALLY dropped the ball on my newsletter this year. But! Birthday! So trying to start as I mean to go on!

Basically, just a lot of different stresses and the guy doing my kitchen ghosted me, blocked my calls, and went bankrupt. But that’s ALMOST all done and dusted now. I have countertops on everything, all the doors (cupboards and to rooms) close again, and my washing machine doesn’t leak anymore! It’s all coming up Tam!

:D

Anyhow, I’m going to be a bit scattered until I get back into the swing of things. To start the ball rolling though!

…look what Kim Fielding has done!

You can’t fly away from destiny.

Crow Rapp assumes he’ll spend his life growing corn in rural Illinois, like the grandparents who raised him. But during a visit to a traveling carnival, he encounters a handsome stranger named Simeon Bell—and receives a prophecy of a horrifying future. When that future materializes soon afterward, Crow flees… only to find that no matter how far he goes, fate pursues him.

Simeon reenters his life a decade later and causes Crow to consider whether actively fighting his fate might be better than constant attempts at escape. In a world tinged by magic, where myths are as real as the sky above them, the men try to determine Crow’s true identity. Along the way, they test the powers of friendship and love and explore the boundaries of free will—ultimately discovering whether the force of destiny can be overcome.

Crow’s Fate is part of the multi-author Carnival of Mysteries Series. Each book stands alone, but each one includes at least one visit to Errante Ame’s Carnival of Mysteries, a magical, multiverse traveling show full of unusual acts, games, and rides. The Carnival changes to suit the world it’s on, so each visit is unique and special. This book contains an Illinois farmboy, a roustabout from London, and realizations about the power of love.

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So cool! Check it out and keep an eye out for some other COOL AS ANYTHING books coming in this series!

Pupdate of the Week

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I freaking love Letterkenny AND Shoresy. It’s one of the things the Five disagree on. Some of us love it, some of us hate it!

I’ll probably do a roundup of my new social media places next month? I don’t know, I’ve squatted on names all over, but none of them have the THIS is the central place feeling of Twitter, you know. I guess Facebook? I have a Threads, but it’s apparently a hive of scum and villainy behind the scenes so no sure that’s taking off.

Must Read of the Week

I have never crashed a wedding. I’ve been SUBSUMED by the occasaionl Irish wedding party in the pub (you should HEAR what the grannies say when they’re in the loo, that’s when you find out how long that wedding will last!). HOWEVER, my most wayward cousin did once decamp a family wedding to join a different wedding, because he wanted to pull a bridesmaid and he was related to all of ours.

Rumor has it, he succeeded. Bear in mind, and I assume if you stuck around this look you like my books!, most of my seedier charmers are partially based on my various seedily charming cousins.

The Secrets of Real-Life Wedding Crashers

Experts claim wedding crashing isn’t as popular as the movie makes it seem, but maybe that’s because the good ones never get caught.

When 36-year-old writer Orly Minazad told her white American friend that she and her fiancé crashed at least 10 weddings in one summer to gather intel and inspiration for their upcoming nuptials, it took a good minute or two to peel her friend’s jaw off the floor. “She couldn’t believe that I’d gone to all these people’s weddings uninvited,” she says. “And I couldn’t believe she hadn’t!”Right, I’m off to have birthday pavlova :D Next Tuesday I will endeavor to produce a more coherant collection of things for you!

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