Tami's Bookshelf

"...I love words. I paint pictures with words, of lessons from my experiences. I use words to make sense of it all. I hope to be helpful."

Brave Paths to Gratitude

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#1 New Release! Eight authors bravely describe their biggest, bravest moments - with vulnerability, self-compassion and grace. Child advocacy, pregnancy from rape - twice, caring for parents with dementia, abuse and foster care, surrendering old beliefs, suicide prevention, relationships, core values. Living it: brave. Writing it: next level. “It’s the most selfless form of generosity, sharing your pain to help other people.” A.B.

Making Space
for Me

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After aging out of foster care, and an impulsive phone call, Tami quits her job, and drives to Michigan to help take care of her paralyzed gramma.

During her visit, Tami remembers her own abuse, discovers her mother’s buried secrets and makes a quick, impactful decision - that destroys a family and shakes the community.

Me & the U:
the Manifester's
Prayer Journal

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NO MORE LIVING BY DEFAULT.

Practice cooperation with God or The Universe.
YES: “…God will provide,”
AND: They and I work together.
We are responsible for our lives,
and we rely on The U.
Me & The U, always.

Let’s COLLABORATE for what we want, with intention and design.

Experience

Author

Book One of the Helpful Self Anthology, 2025, BRAVE, highlights eight authors' stories. 2019, Making Space for Me, is pivotal, heart-lifting and miraculous. For the spiritually practical, Me & The U, 2023, is a quarterly manifesting prayer journal. Also published in the FWA Collections, Volume Eleven. Coming soon: fictionalized memoir novel. Amazon Author Page here.

Writer-Editor-Coach

Write Your Story! Annual Anthology Course; sign up for next fall's class here.

Collaborative (ghost) proposal here,

and developmental editing

and line editing here.

EXPERIENCE: Submission Coordinator for the FWA RPLA Literary Competition, and literary Judge for Women Fiction Writers Association and Florida Writers RPLA Competition.

Workshop-Speaker

Gimme the mic! Podcast guest on FWA, Thriving Adoptees, Sun Happens and Infants on Thrones.

For group presentations and workshops on Writing: Start to Finish, and Generally How to Be a Human, contact here.

Tami's Bookshelf

Brave Paths to Gratitude

Making Space for Me

Me & the U: the Manifester's Prayer Journal

Experience

Author

Writer-Editor-Coach

Workshop-Speaker

Making Space
for Me

Me & the U:
the Manifester's
Prayer Journal