Renascence On Sale Now!
I'm so incredibly over-joyed to share the release of an incredibly special project: Vol. VI no. 1 Spring 2021 Yellow Arrow Journal on...
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Taina
- Feb 5, 2020
- 2 min
I've been published!
I am really excited to tell you that I've officially been published!
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Taina
- Jan 11, 2020
- 3 min
RIP Elizabeth Wurtzel
It was freshman English. Ms. Canzano had assigned a project on a book of our choice to be presented in the medium of our choice. It was...
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Taina
- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
Get ready for the Taina twenties
Happy New Year! Hopefully you’ve recovered from your New Year’s Eve celebrations, and had a lovely lazy final day of holiday break. I,...
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Taina
- Dec 4, 2019
- 3 min
New blog who dis?
Hey look—New Digs! Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. JustMyInkblot, the blog, has become Taina Writes! Times they are a changin’,...
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Taina
- Jul 11, 2017
- 2 min
Book Review: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
There’s no better way to get me to read a book than to tell me a movie is getting made based on it. A movie co-starring my cousin, Bobby...
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Taina
- Apr 3, 2017
- 4 min
That Time I Accepted Myself…
The day my husband told me that I should “become a writer” I got mad at him. A writer wasn’t something you woke up and decided to be. A...
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Taina
- Jan 18, 2017
- 4 min
I Wrote Today! : Tips on Battling Seasonal Depression for Writers
I wrote today!!! Finally. It’s been months since I’ve even looked at my novel. Since those warm October days I spent sewing Halloween...
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Taina
- Jan 6, 2017
- 4 min
2016: A Recap of a Hard Year Filled with Good Lessons
10, 9… We’re inside The Ancient Order of Hibernians’ local chapter reception facility. The building was once a church, and then a...
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Taina
- Nov 21, 2016
- 5 min
Waking up Through the Looking Glass: A Letter to Friends & Family who Voted for Donald Trump,
Dear Friends & Family who voted for Donald Trump, First and foremost, I don’t hate you. Yes, I’m angry, hurt, and betrayed. Yes, I’m...
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Taina
- Nov 20, 2016
- 4 min
Waking up Through the Looking Glass : A Story of Post-Election Betrayal
Has it been only two weeks since America disappeared through the looking glass? Forgive me. I’m still getting my bearings. Wonderland is...
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Taina
- Oct 17, 2016
- 2 min
TR Patmore’s Playwright Debut with Colors of Community
I’ve been holding onto this news for almost a year. For the first time anywhere I, T.R. Patmore, will debut a ten minute excerpt of my...
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Taina
- Oct 3, 2016
- 1 min
Forgive me, Daughter-
A woman’s curse is not her period (Although they really can suck, but we all have gotten excited to see it at least once), it’s that we...
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Taina
- Sep 29, 2016
- 7 min
Ten Lifehacks to Balance Life, Depression, and Writing
My creative journey has been really taking off lately. I’m about to reach a milestone in my draft. A ten-minute version of a play I...
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Taina
- Sep 27, 2016
- 2 min
Dear Writer
I see you there, hovering by the door, uncertain if this letter is for you. If you heard your name, even if it’s only in the smallest...
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Taina
- Sep 7, 2016
- 3 min
Just My Inkblot– NOW ON ETSY!
This has been a tumultuous year, despite how optimistic I was when 2015 ended. I’ve experienced the shock, and sudden punch in the soul...
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Taina
- May 11, 2016
- 5 min
My Bullet Journal Journey
It happened one insomniac night, as I was browsing Pinterest absently searching for nothing. You guys, those of you who knew about this,...
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Taina
- May 5, 2016
- 4 min
Please stop comparing vacation time to Maternity Leave
In the article, Foyes tells Davies about why she took a year and a half me-ternity leave, which, to be fair was really a click-baitey way...
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Taina
- Apr 13, 2016
- 2 min
Write on…through the pain
“2016 is going to be a good year.” I said it in the last hours of last year. So many awful things happened in 2015, that I just knew this...
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Taina
- Jan 24, 2016
- 3 min
Donate Girl Scout Cookies For Our Troops
If you’d like to place an order contact me through the usual methods (text, phone, email), or, if you’d like to have them direct shipped...
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