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Who I Am Project: He Loves Me

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Julia Tomiak / 14 Comments

For February's installment of the Who I Am Project, I share a bit about the man who loves me. He has the patience of a pope!

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Julia Tomiak / 6 Comments

I don't usually like non-fiction, but here are three NF books I enjoyed. Two are memoir, and one a caution about technology.

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Julia Tomiak / 17 Comments

For my first entry in the Who I Am project: an embarrassing story from my childhood that spurred some solid advice from Mom.

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Julia Tomiak / 10 Comments

Stephen King has inspired me to write... and to learn more new vocab. Do you know what anomie means?

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 7 Comments

My YA manuscript made it into Miss Snark's ON THE BLOCK contest - you can read it and offer critique. Hopefully agents will too!

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Julia Tomiak / 15 Comments

Don't you want to know what I do all day, when I'm not feeding/laundering/cleaning four children? My writing keeps me sane!