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Trina L. Talma

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I have lived all my life in the upper Midwest. I don't know if this has influenced my stories or characters, but it has definitely influenced the settings I use. My characters are likely to be farmers, adventurers or explorers, living in wide-open spaces and often influenced by the land and weather around them.
I grew up in East Grand Forks, MN. My first real taste of writing as work was in high school, where I served for two years as copy editor and one year as editor of the school paper, the Green Crest. My first completed novel, which I rewrote and expanded as The Time of the Wolf (published 2014), was serialized in the school paper during my senior year.
I majored in English at Moorhead State University (now Minnesota State University
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Trina L. Talma Well, every day I sacrifice a little bit of my sanity on an altar made up of spiral-bound notebooks and dozens of pens... Okay, that's not true. It's …moreWell, every day I sacrifice a little bit of my sanity on an altar made up of spiral-bound notebooks and dozens of pens... Okay, that's not true. It's not every day. It really should be, but it isn't.

Really though my main ritual consists of turning my chair away from my computer screen and over to the other part of my desk where I have room for my notebook. All my first drafts are done the old-fashioned way: pen on paper. I find my thoughts come out better that way - plus if I get stuck I can always doodle in the margins. Usually I start work by typing up whatever I wrote in my last session, then keep the document open on my screen so I can refer to it as needed while I write.

I can write just about anywhere that isn't too noisy. All I need is a chair, a pen and some paper. Some background noise is good -- I prefer music over any other kind of background noise, and over complete silence.(less)
Trina L. Talma I don't really have mysteries in my life so much as I have conundrums. Like, "Why is grocery shopping so exhausting? Why won't the cat eat turkey Fris…moreI don't really have mysteries in my life so much as I have conundrums. Like, "Why is grocery shopping so exhausting? Why won't the cat eat turkey Friskies when he loved it last week? Why is [random body part] hurting NOW?" But I wouldn't mind finding out why part of my basement stairwell wall is made of painted cardboard. The answer's probably something boring like "The wall started falling apart and the owner couldn't afford to get it fixed" or "The contractor was lazy/a fraud". But it could be something more interesting...(less)
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Announcing my latest publication: Now and Then, Then Now. It's a collection of my time-traveler stories, now removed from Unlikely Muses and given their own Kindle and paperback editions. The Kindle edition is available on Amazon now; the paperback will be available soon. For those of you who've read Unlikely Muses, you'll be pleased to know that in addition to the stories already published in tha Read more of this blog post »
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Published on November 12, 2024 19:26 Tags: new-book, short-stories, time-travel-series
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