Greetings!What am I doing here?
Sara Tiger Ryan is an author, artist, and metaphysician... among other charming things (like cat lover. We must mention the cats or else!) But she is concentrating on the first three with this blog.
So far the plan is to write an alternating blog on these three subjects every few days, but, being Aquarius, I seldom--immediately don't!--follow the plan... Don't expect me to be consistent...or to always spell words correctly.
I'm starting off with the sort of cosmic, metaphysical side because spirit is the basis of all my living and creating. Nope, I'm starting off with a little of all three.
To me Heartbraids are the three things that make you want to keep on keeping on. What you love and do best and what makes you feel scrumptious about yourself. I'm pretty sure there are things you do that make your life worth living. So what are they?
Book Review
a book for writers
If you haven't discovered The Synonym Finder by J. T. Rodale yet, you ought to at least take a look. It is wonderfully thick, easy to use, and has oodles of (over 1 million it says) synonyms to choose from. After I got it, I used my Other Thesaurus to hold up a shelf. I mean, this lovely book has all sorts of delicious words in it to perk your writing up. Of course, it is also dangerous. When I pick it up to look for the Right word, I get lost, only surfacing hours later with all sorts of words dancing in my mind . . . then I have to go back and look up the word I was hunting a cinnamon for . . .
Art. This is an illustration of a character from my mystery-fantasy series, Miss Kitty Mysteries:
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| Sazzancy Delicious Jinn, Private Spy (Miss Kitty Mysteries) |
A Briefly Bio
As a writer, Sara currently has 4 series going (Younger Fates Entire, Beacon, Miss Kitty Mysteries, and Relays). The Relays series is sequential and includes five books, the other 3 series are open-ended right now.
As an artist, Sara has been creating a hand-painted wall calendar since 1981, which she sells through her business, Tiger Moon Press. Along with calendars, she produces Christmas and Yule cards, note cards. Her favorite medium is water colors. She has stacks! of them on her walls. And pen and ink, and acrylics, which, lately are on unstretched canvas and featuring gods and goddesses.
As a metaphysician, Sara has taught classes in psychic development, dreamwork, astrology, Tarot, and visualization. In the mid 70's, she was a reader at the Bottom of the Cup Tea Room in New Orleans. In the late 70's she was assistant director of the Foundation for Metaphysical Awareness in Tallahassee, working with Kelly Powers. She also combines her art and spirit work by painting or pasteling (the 4th favorite medium) spirit guides.
