Tara Dobbs (Author)

A tropical island with plants and flowers, a clear ocean shoreline, rainbow rose hidden in the bushes, a purple potion bottle, a fancy scroll with the words: Book 3, Part 1, Draft 1 is being written. Book 1 & 2: Starling House x Piranesi x My Dark Vanessa x Dracula Book 3: The Mists of Avalon x The Thorn Birds x Midsummer Night's Dream 30 years in the making & still going. Not giving up on my dream no matter what life throws at me!

Posting this just for myself, not for any event...
Book 1 & 2: Starling House x Piranesi x My Dark Vanessa x Gothic Vibes like Dracula

Book 3: The Mists of Avalon x The Thorn Birds x Midsummer Night's Dream

30 years in the making & still going. Not giving up on my dream no matter what!

Yes please. Let's see this on shelves.

STARLING HOUSE X MISTS OF AVALON In the thralls of an abusive marriage, Vivian goes on a road trip to Massachusetts in search of the mysterious Geraci mansion to face her traumatic past through the Wayward Path or risk not reincarnating to a better existence she craves. #BluePit📖 #A #F #W #OV #LGBT Center Image: Tropes Star crossed, family secrets, faces traumas, tragic romance, gothic vibes, he yearns for her, she meets him early, portal fantasy and sacred island. First photo: Old Geraci mansion and old book Second photo: woman stands before a stormy ocean shore Third photo: the couple touch hands and a wedding ring on top Forth photo: a tropical island, rainbow rose and red rose petals

STARLING HOUSE X MISTS OF AVALON
In the thralls of an abusive marriage, Vivian goes on a road trip to Massachusetts in search of the mysterious Geraci mansion to face her traumatic past through the Wayward Path or risk not reincarnating to a better existence she craves.
#BluePit📖 #A #F #W #OV #LGBT

In the thralls of an abusive marriage, Vivian embarks on a road trip to Massachusetts in search of the mysterious Geraci mansion to face her traumatic past through the Wayward Path or risk not reincarnating to a better existence she craves. Adult Fantasy Romance, Own Voice, LGBT Top Row Left to Right: Woman standing before a stormy sea, long. white-haired man touching his side of the mirror. Center: old leather book inside wooden box, gold Celtic knotted wedding ring and rainbow rose. Bottom from left to right: Old dusty house stairs, garden gate open with galaxy magic through the other side. Tropes: Star crossed lovers, meets him too early, he yearns for her, family secrets, murder mystery, tragic romance, portal fantasy, faces traumas, gothic vibes and sacred island.

In the thralls of an abusive marriage, Vivian embarks on a road trip to Massachusetts in search of the mysterious Geraci mansion to face her traumatic past through the Wayward Path or risk not reincarnating to a better existence she craves.
#BluePit📖 #A #F #W #OV #LGBT

Cover of the book, showing the silhouette of a woman over a red and gold background.

JANE EYRE x STARLING HOUSE

🌹 Sapphic historical fantasy
🇫🇷 France, Belle Époque
🩸 Horrific magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

Forthcoming October 21, 2025 at Row House Publishing, A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE offers a unique magic system and swooning romance.

#BluePit 📖 #P #A #F #HS #LGBT

In the thralls of an abusive marriage, Vivian embarks on a road trip to Massachusetts in search of the mysterious Geraci mansion to face her traumatic past through the Wayward Path or risk not reincarnating to a better existence she craves. Adult Fantasy Romance, Own Voice, LGBT Top Row Left to Right Images: Death and the Maiden sculpture, old leather book inside wooden box, lone woman standing before a stormy ocean shoreline. Mid Row Left to Right Images: Old dusty house stairs, tagline: A tiny lie against your heart's desire will cost you more dearly than a lost love, garden gate open with galexy magic through the other side. Bottom Row Left to Right Images: Long white haired man touching his side of a mirror, a woman screaming with cracks on a wall, two dead dry roses. In the center of the college is scattered rose petals.

In the thralls of an abusive marriage, Vivian embarks on a road trip to Massachusetts in search of the mysterious Geraci mansion to face her traumatic past through the Wayward Path or risk not reincarnating to a better existence she craves.
#BluePit📖 #A #F #W #OV #LGBT

I set up my post for this event and noticed I can't schedule my post to go out. Guess I leave my tablet on until Midnight, PST. I miss scheduling posts.

Dark green Windsor backed chair with wood lion paw legs

The dark green Windsor backed chair covered with a dark purple blanket to protect it against cat fur, with a purple pillow, blue/silver moon phase pillow and a crescent moon pillow.

40 yrs I've waited for my own Windsor chair to read/write at. Neighbor down the street found one last week for his yard sale business. Sold it to me for $40 & it's my favorite color dark green! It was barely dirty. These usually go for $400-$1,000 new. The blanket is to protect against cat fur.

YouTube video by MARKIE Authors Respond After TikTokers Promote AI Book App

Paperback/Hardback forever! Buy them the old-fashioned printed way or piss off! If someone reads my books & makes an AI fanfic like 'boyfriend' for more story, mark my words...I WILL SUE YOUR ASS into the ground! As for handwritten fanfic, may not allow it either. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVGv...

#booksky

I'm working on book 3. Opps.

Writer's Retreat Morning Mint tea in fancy teacup & steeping in teapot
Ocean Waves ambiance sound
Author Story Bible open
Book 1 Outline open
Book 1, Part 1, Chapter 8 to finish
Sinus cold waning away, be it damned, I will finish this chapter!
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Books

AOC: When you wake up in the morning, you will realize that you voted to defund planned parenthood and take away health care from 13.7 million Americans and when this country wakes up there will be consequences to pay for this

Oh, I'm so sorry.

What music did he listen to when he was a teenager or young man? Play the music from his wedding and their first dance or date. Music helps bring back memories and there are times he may blink back to reality enough to know you are both there before the end. Music is used for therapy for such times.

Cloven Hooved Horned Satan sitting in a library reading books to kids since we can't do drag storytime anymore....i thought we'd try something else

My grandmother, 3 of 4 her daughters, includes my mother, all had Alzheimer's. I saw the last year or so of my mother's life waste away into a nightmare before my eyes. I hope it skipped me.

#Booktube #Bookstagram #BookThreads #BookSkye #Books #Readers #Fantasy #Mystery #Romance #Romantasy

Japanese Diaso store index tabs, five color packs shown. Three top of image are Diaso brand and two bottom of image are Film Index Stationery brand.

Three Diaso brand index tabs in bright colors, pastel colors and pale brown/pink/baige colors. Size are 1/2 a millimeter width by 4 1/2 mm long.

2 Film Index Stationery brand index tabs in pastel blues and muted pastel beige colors. These come in a hard plastic dispenser. Tab size are 1/2 mm wide by 4 1/2 mm long.

Visual comparison of Diaso and Film Index Stationery to Dollar Tree and Post-It wider sizes in how they cover basic print book font size. The book used for this demo: Joseph Campbell The Power of Mythwith Bill Moyers.

Japanese Diaso stores have been showing up across the US lately, & I'm beyond happy. At the Marysville, WA location I got some book index tabs. Photos show the size differences of US brands. I noticed readers on YouTube use the wider tabs & it looks cluttered. Saw these, wanted to share new options.

That's me at least 2 days a week.

👇👇

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores. This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

For the people celebrating the weaponized arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan by the trump administration because "she broke the law," just remember that it also used to be against the law to hide folks like Anne Frank.

What side of history are YOU on?

They make it sound like there are millions of dead people getting Social Security checks. But it's just not true.

A small tabby and white kitten and black bird, likely a jackdaw, standing together in a dirt yard, looking to the left. They seem relaxed and at ease with each other.

The same bird and kitten from the previous photo, this time strolling away from the camera in a different outdoor setting together, side by side.

This is one of my favorite sets in my collection. Somewhere out there in the 1960s, a kitten and bird were pals. 💕

A FB ad from Home Depot showing an open seat toilet with billiard balls in the bowl that look photoshopped in and would never fit in the exit hole. The meme caption reads: Don't know what's worse. The toilet being destroyed or the person's colon beating them to death.... Down below the image underlined in red of the ad photo reads: Powerful Flush.

#memes found this ad on my FB feed. Couldn't resist making it a meme.