Author: Tara Maya

  • Upcoming Changes to the Blog

    Upcoming Changes to the Blog

    There’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. In fact, I’ve tried it twice before. I failed both times. That’s right, I’m talking about switching to a WordPress blog. I’ll be honest: I LOVE blogger. I find WordPress a lot harder to use. It doesn’t have all my blogger friends in my dashboard,…

  • 14. The Problem With Blueberries

    14. The Problem With Blueberries

    The Unfinished Song: Initiate (Start at the Beginning of the Novel)   “Handprint” by par-rish Dindi “Oh, Dindi,” sighed her mother. Uncle Lubo slapped his thigh and bellowed with laugher. In minutes, the whole clan joined him. “For mercy’s sake, girl,” said Great Aunt Sullana. “Did you smear your face with blueberries?” Dindi’s hands flew…

  • The Last Oracle by Delia J. Colvin

    The Last Oracle by Delia J. Colvin

    Can love defy death itself? The Last Oracle is the final book in The Sibylline Trilogy, weaving Greek mythology with a modern tale of eternal love. As Alex and Valeria’s wedding draws near, their secret plans are discovered, and now no one is safe! To triumph over the dark forces that threaten their existence, they…

  • Coming soon

    Coming soon

    This will soon be my new blog. Meanwhile, find me at http://taramayastales.blogspot.com.

  • 13. The Important Guest

    13. The Important Guest

    The Unfinished Song: Initiate (Start at the Beginning of the Novel)   “Shining Porcelain” by Lisalein Dindi …laughter and cheers from her family. She’d never stopped dancing; they’d stopped cheering. By the time she was five, the same aunties who had praised her grace and dedication complained of her clumsiness and laziness. Little girls should…

  • Minutes Before Sunset by Shannon A. Thompson

    Minutes Before Sunset by Shannon A. Thompson

    She was undoubtedly a shade, but I didn’t know her. Eric Welborn isn’t completely human, but he isn’t the only shade in the small Midwest town of Hayworth. With one year left before his eighteenth birthday, Eric is destined to win a long-raging war for his kind. But then she happens. In the middle of…

  • 12. The Judgment

    12. The Judgment

    The Unfinished Song: Initiate (Start at the Beginning of the Novel) “Stoning VII” by arturobandini Kavio …reasons why, others simply placed the stone according to their choice. Unfortunately, his mother’s plea moved many people to pity him. When all the rocks had piled up, the orange mat held the most stones. Exile. Kavio swallowed hard…

  • Witch Magic (The Cindy Chronicles #1) by RaShelle Workman

    Witch Magic (The Cindy Chronicles #1) by RaShelle Workman

    From a seemingly insignificant word comes the most magical of fairytales. Life sucks. Possessing magic sucks. What doesn’t suck? Fashion, Cindy’s boyfriend Gabe, and her best friend, Snow White. Cindy (Cinderella…shhh, don’t tell) was born a witch. It’s part of who she is. But there’s more to her than that. She loves deeply. And has…

  • Not Yet Forgotten

    Not Yet Forgotten

    Jonathan Kos-Read via Compfight cc Red sand blew over the wasteland. It gummed up my rebreather, and coated my faceplate. My one-suit, once shiny white, had faded to dingy taupe under the ceaseless coatings of dust. I stumbled along, already exhausted after three hours on the morning shift of the dig, discouraged because I’d found…