Guest Corner: Tahlia Newland

Recently, I was lucky enough to be featured on the wonderful, Awesome Indies site.

I wanted to tell you a bit about author friend, Tahlia Newland, the lady who was kind enough to feature me…

Tahlia is an author,

of things metaphysical,

stories of hope,

 inspiring and lyrical.

Teacher of high school,

friend of the truth

the day-to-day magic

at core, and at root.

She is reader, mask-maker,

performer of drama

dweller of rainforest,

in Australia

Her stories for adults,

both young and old

contain wisdom inherent

allegories of soul.

Her titles are: Lethal Inheritance (new adult contemporary fantasy) You Can’t Shatter Me (YA magical realism) A Matter of Perception (A collection of  urban fantasy & magical realism short stories plus a paranormal romance novella)

Visit her blog Here

Thank you, Tahlia!

About Dr Niamh

When I was a little girl (a very, very long time ago), I used to love learning new, really big words like ‘discombobulate’. As I grew, my love of words grew too, until I loved them so much, I could not stop writing them down. One day, as I was scribbling a particular word, a very peculiar thing happened. The word shouted at me, “Stop! Don’t put me there!” As you can imagine, I was shocked and nearly fell off my chair. When I recovered somewhat, I said to the word, “Could you stop shouting, please? I am not used to it.” Can you guess what happened next? No! I thought not. The word said, “I might be small, but I will misbehave if you do not use me properly. I will not tell the story you would like me to tell. I will say something entirely different!” I dropped my pen. I hoped that by dropping my pen, the word would stop talking. Alas! It did not. It carried on chitterchobbling, even after the ink had dried. I was in a pickle. I could not allow my words to run away with my story, now could I? I don’t know about you, but when this sort of thing happens, there is only one thing left to do if you prefer not to spend your time arguing. “Very well,” said I. “I will do as you ask if you will just be quiet and allow me to concentrate.” Since that day, I have been paying special attention to every word I invite into my stories. After all, a story should say exactly what it means to say and not be led astray. With love from Dr. Niamh, Ph.D in Learning Through The Imagination and Founder of Dr Niamh Children's Books. www.drniamhchildrensbooks.com

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