As I finish up the third and last book in my Jitterbug Dress series, I read non fiction for inspiration. Here are my picks for vintage swing non fiction summer reads I recommend for anyone who likes swing, jazz, and history of dance. Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the Shaping of the Modern by […more…]
In my novel, The Flapper Affair: A 1920s Time Travel Murder Mystery Paranormal Ghost Romance, I include some fact and fiction tidbits that I used to inspire my writing journey. But you can read those in my novel. Today, I thought I’d share 13 1920s fun facts about the jazz era that influenced my writing and made […more…]
Cross vintage 1920s New Years Eve Party off my bucket list. I’d been wanting to have a 1920s New Years Eve party or some call it Gatsby party for a long time and my kids and friends begged me to have one. The planets seemed to align to make it all come together. My sister, Auntie […more…]
Dressing the Part: A Vintage Swing Dance Ghost Story Ghost Story Fiction by Tam Francis from Ghostoria: Vintage Romantic Tales of Fright Ghost Story PART ONE Lizzy closed her eyes and tried to find her partner’s rhythm, that technique often helped when dancing with a stranger. She didn’t know what possessed her to sign up for […more…]
Vintage Sewing Pattern Plus Montage Dance & More For many years my family and I have participated in Vaudeville at the Baker, an old-fashioned variety show. This year’s theme was Rat Pack Vegas a la 1950s style. We were involved in three acts as well as my hubby playing Frank Sinatra and myself as a cigar/cigarette girl. […more…]
The Flapper Affair ebook launches today In honor of the big launch of The Flapper Affair ebook, I wanted to share my first 5 Star review and some fun historical facts from my research while writing the novel. Add this to your summer reading list, today! (Yup, I’d love for you to download it or […more…]
What 1920s Gin Cocktails Should I Chose? In celebration of my book signing for The Flapper Affair: A Time-travel, Murder-mystery, Paranormal Ghost Romance, I need to find a few gin cocktails of the prohibition era for my patrons. I scoured the internet looking for gin cocktails from the era. Even though there are swell drinks […more…]
As I work on my new collection of short stories: Swing Shorts (look for release in late 2017 or early 2018), I came across this short story I’d written. Since temperature across the country are hitting the 100s and higher, I thought this the perfect start of summer blog posts. I’ve used Phoenix as my […more…]