Tavi Taylor Black

All summer I've been immersed in finishing up the second book of my Middle Grade fantasy series, the Wishingworld. And just as I am...

While cleaning last week I ran across an old stack of rolled-up papers. I was surprised to find that I'd saved all the sticky notes I had...

On these rainy January days, it's something to wake up to good news. This morning, I received two fabulous emails about SERABELLE, my...

In my last blog post, I lamented about my historical novel that had languished in a cue for publication for over two years. Having worked...

Disappointment is part of being an author. When I was in grad school, my mentor, A.J. Verdelle, handed us a photocopied chart of the...

Nancy Pearl, once called the “global rockstar of the literary world”, is a Northwest treasure. Best known for her book and program on the...

I just last week turned in my responses to my editor's suggestions for the Serabelle manuscript, my upcoming historical fiction novel....

It's been an intense couple of years for everyone and sometimes it feels like, in the midst of everything horrible going on in the world...

My friend, Megan Doney, has lived through a school shooting. This was over ten years ago at the New River Community College, but it still...

The characters in my debut novel were, for the most part, based on real women who I toured with years ago. Each of the characters (other...

Last Mother’s Day our household decided to do a device-free day. Just one twenty-four-hour period that our small family would spend...

If you're a writer, you know rejection. It happens constantly and we need to find a way to handle it. Ideally, we find healthy methods to...

Have you read Where Are We Tomorrow and wondered how I came up with the ideas for the book? Do you wonder about writers' habits? I...

I would have never guessed that I was someone who would enjoy hosting a podcast. When my friend and writer, Christine Junge, asked if I...

It is an honor to have received a second finalist medal, this one for the American Fiction Awards in the General Fiction category. In...

If you haven't already picked up a copy (or even if you have, maybe your friend needs one?), you can enter the Goodreads Giveaway running...

This is me celebrating as I've signed another contract with my current publisher for my next novel, Serabelle. Set on the rocky Maine...

Due to an emergency, we have rescheduled this interview. I'll be joining Leah Young, writer, bookstore owner, and fellow Lesley...

If you're local to Vashon or the Seattle area, please join me on June 26th for an evening at Snapdragon Bakery & Cafe's Black Cat Cabaret...

As I await the launch of my debut novel in less than a week, my focus turns to my next project. My historical novel, Serabelle, follows...