A Love Letter to Writers & Business Entrepreneurs
Sometimes as writers and business owners we can work and push so hard that we forget to love ourselves during the process. I am guilty of that. So very guilty. We power…
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The Life-Box Collection (A Poetic Short-Stack Trio Set) Vol I.
In life we’re driven by desire, loss and the need to be long-lasting. The following pieces pay homage to these factors. IMPRINT (desire) waking up to whispers as dreams fade…
Losing My First Mom. Twice. – A Memorial to Francine Williams
Written with assistance from my inner child. She created the above image. I thought about her almost every day of my life. I wondered what she looked like, what she…
Shades of Green and Gray: Embracing Challenges to Become a Better Artist
Colors and their meanings have always intrigued me. A fleeting purple sky, a blue moon and fuchsia rain are imaginative visuals that can be rendered in the mind or on…
Designing Your Destiny: Which “Interior Design Of The Mind” Style Fits You?
It’s been said that you can tell a lot about a person by how they keep their home. A cluttered environment supposedly points to a level of disarray in the…
Lyric Fire: Pinpointing The Pain – (This Is Not A Poem)
I’m sure a lot of you are puzzled by the title of this post. I usually pontificate about pain in my poetry and in the stories that I write and…
Lyric Fire: My First “This Moment” Post!
{this moment} “This Moment” is a ritual on Life inspired by the Wee Man adopted from SouleMama which was introduced to me by Melissa Tandoc of Depth. A single photo, capturing a moment….
Lyric Fire: Diamonds For December!
Eleven months later and we are here! What an amazing journey! 2011 has been a year of movements, revolutions, revelations, devastation, restoration and regeneration. For all that we have faced…
Lyric Fire: Turkey Ice Cream???
Sorry! There is no such thing as turkey ice cream! Ha! But I got your attention didn’t I? I think November may be the month that we eat and drink…
Lyric Fire: Nolana’s For November
For this month’s Tamstarz Tools piece I want to change it up. I’m feeling poetic so instead of my usual narrative, I will feature a poem that sums up how…
Lyric Fire: Life’s Query
Sunday’s are usually the days I use to reflect, but this whole week has pulled me deep within and I’m left wondering why certain thoughts have bubbled up to the…
Lyric Fire: Opals for October
Can you believe we are just three months away from the start of a new year? Before we start focusing on New Year’s celebrations and such let’s just get through…
Lyric Fire: My Journey in the Key of C – Poem for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and the following poem which I wrote specifically for the BlogNostics web event Pinktober, is dedicated to all who have been affected by breast…
Lyric Fire: Passionate Betrayal – Friday Flashback – Tamstarz’s Diary
It’s fun to look at some of our earlier writing isn’t it? It can take us back to a time when we were feeling certain emotions and in quite different…
Lyric Fire: Who Am I? – Soul Inner Viewing
I have been creating a world of different characters as I grow my blog’ality series Look At My Fabulous Life! and I have truly been enjoying the process. I have noticed though…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Amber For April
We are now four months into the year! I’m sure some of you may feel there is never enough time in the 24 hours we are allotted each day. It’s…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Random Thoughts/Questions From A Writer – Take 2
Here is another question from the mind of Tamstarz, a place where thoughts, theories and lyrics mix and mesh to create more thoughts, theories and lyrics! QUESTION: If you were…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Magic For March
We’re three months into 2011 and I know for sure that some wonderful things have been happening for people. Someone somewhere just finished a novel, got engaged, opened their first…
My Blog Lyric Fire: Oprah’s Candid Interview w/Author Iyanla Vanzant Part 2
Last week I featured Iyanla Vanzant’s book, “Peace from Broken Pieces: How to Get Through What You’re Going Through” as a Book Binge selection. After searching for the title at one…
My Blog Lyric Fire: The Faith Portal
Working hard and preparing for the future has been your life’s work. You’ve studied, prayed, and sacrificed many things for your dream. Yet it hasn’t come to fruition. You feel…