When I heard about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting many years ago, it broke me. It was devastating, just like all other massacres. And the saddest thing is that – there is no way back. No way to bring back the children who were lost. So, I wrote this short story to help me deal with how I felt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c58xAMHzK9A

Why do iPhones, Freitag bags and Channel perfumes not appear in my books? Because I want my readers to decide for themselves which brands my characters use. In all cases except one. Find out which one it is and why I couldn’t leave it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUW-8bZuvBY

The “Phantom of the Opera” interview with Gerard Butler inspired me to write a very specific scene in my “Swift Escape”. Check out this video and find out why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzVFtRfDdr0 Interview with Gerard Butler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVUkZ...

Watch this video and find out where you will travel while reading “Swift Escape”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O7RL6NnL_w

Enter a chance to win one of the 100 "Swift Escape" Ebooks and dive into a mysterious and passionate romance story! Happy reading, Tara Jade Goodreads Book Giveaway Book Giveaway Swift Escape by Tara Jade Brown Giveaway ends February 14, 2018. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway

While writing “Swift Escape”, I researched many unusual keywords and shortly thereafter, I started getting these strange ads on the Google side bar. Which keywords and why would that be? Watch this video and find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25ut5ibc1SQ

My path to becoming a writer was far from being a straight line. It was a very winding and confusing path. But it had to happen because this is my passion, and sooner or later, I would have naturally come to be just that—a writer. Do you have a passion of your own? Do you want to follow your dream? Watch this video and see how I changed my path to follow mine. I hope you’ll be inspired to pursue whatever you’re passionate about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0z8293Oy4

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How do you choose a name for a character in a novel? It might sound like a trivial decision, but it really isn’t at all. Each name usually shouldn’t be similar to another character in that book (or to a well-known character in another book), and it often can’t be too long (and confusing). At the same time, a book can’t have too many characters who all have short names, either. With all these restrictions and limitations, where can you go hunting for a list of names? Check out

I am thrilled to tell you that my new book "Swift Escape" is out and available on Amazon! If you like passionate romance stories, gripping thrillers and scientific mysteries, this is a book for you. Happy reading! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cor6HiDxR58

If any of you have any questions about me, my writing, my stories, or my characters, this is it. This is where I answer them all. These vlogs are a behind-the-scenes view for all my fans who want to find out more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0PMbVXslQc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAXt8TzS1Hw What if a writer is inspired to write two stories that fall into two different genres? Should they write both despite the fact that their readers might not follow one of the genres? Or will fans of an author be interested regardless, provided there is a common thread they like that runs through that particular writer’s work? Check out this video and find out!

Writers get inspired to write a story in many different ways. And this here is mine. https://youtu.be/i4Ks4po1bX0

Some books, some movies, have this tragic heart-breaking moment for our main protagonist, where the viewers/readers cannot but weep with them. I love those scenes! I love watching them (in movies), reading them (in books) and writing them as well (in my own novels). If you like those too, do let me know what do you think about Shakespearian scenes in my own novels. https://youtu.be/B2UtWRxPjZY

What was my inspiration to write “The Senthien”, and when did it happen? Watch this video and find out! ---Spoiler alert-- If you didn’t read “The Senthien” don’t watch this video, please. There are mysteries for my readers they need to find out on their own when reading the book. It would be a shame if you saw the answer to one of them before you even start with your Senthien adventure. https://youtu.be/IZgwTWoBHLQ

“A (good) book may be late for six months, but a book published too soon is bad forever” by Rachel Aaron I’ve received a few emails from you guys asking “When will the book be ready?” Soon, I promise! Honestly! But here’s a quick look at the whole process to show you why Swift Escape isn’t out yet. It’s a bad excuse, I know, but at least it offers some explanation :) Here it goes. (Feel free to skip lines 1–40 ;-) I won’t mind.) Plotting: I’m not great at it yet, which is

Today was one of those days when everything felt depressing. At this point, I’ve completed half of the book. To understand why this depressed me, here’s a bit of background for you. I finished the draft a few weeks ago, sent it to my developmental editor, and got some good feedback. Yet once I started adapting the story, I realized that I can’t shuffle and reshape what I already have. I needed to go back to the very beginning and rewrite the first half. So, this is where I

Every time I’m at the finish line of writing a story (please bear in mind, it’s a lengthy finish line), I usually disappear from the social media. For a long while. Like now. I’ve been absent from Twitter, I’ve only scrolled through Facebook every few weeks and blog posts have been non-existent. And that’s because when I’m writing a novel, that’s all I’m writing: nothing else. The new novel that I just sent to my developmental editor (thank you, Sarah!) is called Swift E

Getting ready for summer? Downloading new books on your Kindle? Here's something that might help :) The Senthien is this week on special! If you haven't read it yet, use this opportunity. If you have, please recommend it to your friends. And enjoy the summer! Yours, Tara

By accident, I just discovered a review someone (Anonymous) posted about my short story "Forbidden" on Barnes&Noble almost a year ago. I've taken the liberty to copy it here: "This was a completely and totally awesome short story! I have never before read anything like it. I felt I was facing the dilemma the character was facing. And, really the ending is like a metaphor, don't you agree? Please. Pray, you will stop drawing attention to the 'vague' ending, and just enjoy th