Tauna has written since the big bang, as she is older than dirt. Most are penned in longhand, with the backlog to be edited on new-fangled contraptions. For several years she has been bound to the keyboard, slaving over both old and new content. One appeared in Journey 16 Anthology – STRANDED – “At the Other End.”
In earlier years of travel to Writer’s Conventions, she met Heinlein, Asimov, Harlan Ellison, Anne McCaffrey, and Stephen King — as well as sit in on their classes/seminars.
Her original mentor Algis Budrys at Barrington Library in Illinois, suffered through a bevy of writers for two years. He kindly read her stories aloud at each meeting and provided guidance.
While working for the American Library Association, for eight years, she wrote three books in ghost form and over a dozen science fiction oriented articles for three genre magazines under pen names. Those magazines and names are now defunct.
She is now unchained, fingers flying madly with snide, snarky twists and satirical abandon. Tauna leaves “sweet” to the young uns. Her writing motto is “Heart with a Sharp Edge–Mayhem with Mirth.”
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Besides writing poems and stories, she has illustrated both, along with the stories of others, in three anthologies.
In the ancient past, she carved wax for gold and silver casting, as well as carving opals. Sculpted in ceramic and wire. Also made fused glass pieces.
Recently, after attending her second Fantasy Art Illustration Intensive in June 2022, she has returned to sculpting and metal work.
While I agree with filling your paper with the beatings of your heart as suggested by William Wordsworth, I think the heart has to include a Sharp Edge ~ Of truth, if nothing else. ~ Hense, my Logo, “Heart with a Sharp Edge, Meyham with Mirth.”
What some writers have said about writing
“When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am a grown-up they call me a writer.” —Isaac Bashevis Singer
Neil Gaiman wrote
“Everything is driven by characters wanting different things, and by those different things colliding. Every moment that one character wants something, and another character wants something mutually exclusive, and they collide—every time that happens, you have a story.”
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public.” —Paulo Coelhodoing.
Terry Pratchett wrote
“You can’t build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a lot of frightened people are running around with edged weaponry, there are deaths. Stupid deaths, usually. – if there’s a fight going on, people will get hurt. Not letting this happen would be a betrayal.”
“The best time to plan a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” —Agatha Christie
Stephen King wrote
“Your job isn’t to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.”