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November Newsletter: Writing, Recovery, and What Comes Next
October brought work deadlines, lupus recovery, big surprises in the Somewhere Aching series, and a new Shopify adventure. Here's what I've been working on.

Tanya Madsen
5 hours ago3 min read


September Newsletter: Chaos, Creation and Coming Home
August was… a lot. The kind of month that makes you laugh, cry, and question your life choices all in the same afternoon.

Tanya Madsen
Sep 63 min read


The Cliff’s Edge: Why I Write Stories that Haunt
There’s a moment in Last of the Mohicans that has lived inside me for decades. The younger daughter stands on the edge of a cliff, the music rising like a heartbeat. She looks at the man who intends to take her. His hand outstretched. Then back at the chasm behind her. She hesitates. She chooses. She jumps. That scene carved itself into me. That breath‑held, soul‑splitting moment is my benchmark for a great story.

Tanya Madsen
Aug 94 min read
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