the everyman memoirs
The official blog of author Tali Nay.
The Party Dress
"There is one day even the most cynical New York woman dreams of all her life," Carrie Bradshaw narrates in a classic SATC episode.
Let the Wild Rumpus Start
I'm happy to report that Schooled is officially buy-able! I've included the links just below the cover picture on the right, but you can find the book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and CreateSpace. I'm still working on getting it up on iTunes, so stay tuned on that one.
Background on the First Book
I was barely 21 when I graduated from college, and one of my first tasks after graduation (other than finding a job) was to update my personal history (aka journals) with everything I hadn't had time to pen down during those years.
Dear Diary
March 14, 2012: The day the proof copy arrived from the printer. It's a pretty amazing feeling to finally see your book in print.
You? A Memoir?
It's like this. I'm about to publish my first book. If you're picturing me having been picked up by a big publishing house and being paid a handsome advance for a first run of 20,000 books, let me bring you back down to reality.
Archives
- Editing
- Summer
- Covid-19
- Central Park
- New York City
- life
- reading
- author
- Jeweled
- Dreams
- Disneyland
- Fooled
- lockdown
- publishing
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Jewelry
- book signing
- NBA
- Goodreads
- San Diego
- Love
- Christmas
- Family
- Author Fair
- Work
- Risks
- Gratitude
- memories
- cats
- Fall
- gemology
- vacation
- cat lady
- Home
- Singleton
- Spring
- Winter
- kindle
- Hope
- writing
- books
- Cat
- memoirs
- Oregon
- Goals
- moving
- Tiffany and Co.
- Diamonds
- Yuppie
- Change
- Decisions
- New Years Eve
- basketball
- Schooled
- writers
- progress
- Cleveland
- California
- travel
- book sales
- Birthday
- beach
- Lebron James
- Single
- Disney
- Manuscript
- Newbie
- New Years resolutions
- book launch
- Valentines Day
- book reviews
- holidays
- libraries
- quarantine
- Billy Collins
- Typesetting
- March Madness
- People
- storytelling
- On Writing