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Tamara Clarke

@authortamaraclarke.bsky.social

Indie Writer, avid reader, sports fan, love to travel and wish I could afford to do it more often, and then write about it.

created December 3, 2024

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Get the first 7 books of my hockey romance series now on Kindle Unlimited, or in paperback! They’re refreshed and just as good as when originally published.

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7/9/2025, 12:08:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hard to see but rockin’ two rainbows at the moment. 🌈🌈❤️

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31/8/2025, 12:11:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That moment in the hate-to-love book when they start to not hate so much any more… 😉🥰 From “Ice in the Veins.” #hockeyromance #indiebook #indiewriter #hatetoloveromance #romancewriting

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24/8/2025, 1:32:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The dedication in my book, “Ice in the Veins.” Does it make you want to read it? 😏😎🥰 #bookdedication #indiewriter #hockeyromance #sportsromance #tryingtomakeyoureadmybook

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23/8/2025, 3:51:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I used to have my physical tbr pile scattered around home. The other day I organized my shelves, had some extra space where I added my tbr in a single, also organized location. So much better. Of course, this doesn’t include audio(27), or ebooks(194)… Now. I showed you mine, you show me yours. 😜

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17/8/2025, 3:04:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A writer’s struggle… half a dozen notebooks, a dozen WIPs, twenty or so more ideas floating in the aether, and one hundred percent desire to accomplish SOMETHING today. . . . And zero focus. So, random edits it is. 🤪 #indiewriting #indiewriter #writingromance #romancereads

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16/8/2025, 7:25:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When you forget what part of the book you’re at when you take a cute “Here’s my morning coffee” picture and have to heavily censor it… and hope those people standing behind you didn’t see. 🤣😂😎😇 #readingatstarbucks #readingsmut #readingcommunity

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9/8/2025, 3:21:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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New bird sighting. Ok, not new, he’s just a chubby robin but also, he was absolutely looking at me and refusing to turn and show me his round belly. And then he pooped on my patio and flew off. Jerk. #birdwatching #robin #fatbird

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4/8/2025, 12:29:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sometimes, I just want to play a game I’ve played and finished a dozen times before. Sometimes, I just want the comfort and familiarity. So what?

4/8/2025, 12:25:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not all Karens are “Karens”. My work Karen just surprised me with this. Happy Friday all!

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25/7/2025, 7:15:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My favorite part of Haikyuu is how Hinata makes friends from all the other teams… by what amounts to challenging them to a duel. 😂🤣 But also, I just love this show. #animenerd #haikyuu #hinata #shoyo #hinatashoyo

20/7/2025, 12:08:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is what happens when two authors brainstorm ideas together. 🤣🥰 #indiewriter #romancestagram #romancewriting #writinginspiration #indieauthor

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13/7/2025, 3:54:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No context opinions required for this writer. If you had to pick, onyx, moonstone, or bloodstone?

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6/7/2025, 4:17:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🍁🇨🇦😎❤️

1/7/2025, 1:58:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rode a Duke this morning. He took it like a champ and left me a sweaty mess. 🤣😎 #workouts #spinclassishard

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25/6/2025, 2:04:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Currently in a reading slump, I think. Usually I fall back on a comfort reread. Or pick something random on my tbr that’s been there a while. What do you? #readingrecs #bookslump #readingslump

22/6/2025, 12:40:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m not very good with social media updates. Today, as a writer, I can report that I’m trying. That is all. As an OT conversation starter, for any anime lovers out there, do you have crushes on any characters and why is it Jinshi?

30/5/2025, 5:27:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Release news!! Two more of my books are now revised and updated, and now available in paperback. Order! Read! Love! ❤️ 🥅🏒 #hockeyromance #indieauthor #indiewriter #romancereads #kindleunlimited #paperbackrelease

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17/3/2025, 11:20:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ok. He just full on surprised me with two more random books that he thinks I’ll enjoy. And then, thanks to hormones and being tired, I stood in my kitchen crying for several minutes after opening it. #swoon #books #bestboyfriendever

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7/3/2025, 2:26:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stages of me reading a historical mystery: 1. 25% in - wouldn’t it be funny if it was fhe butler, lol 2. 50% in - damn, I think it might be the butler. 3. 90% in - it WAS the butler! Yes, knew it all along! How many murder mysteries have you read where the butler actually did it? #readingmystery

5/3/2025, 12:58:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Find you a partner who will order the next book in the series the minute you finish the previous one that he already surprise-ordered for you. 🥰🥳📚📖 #readerlife #bestboyfriendever

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3/3/2025, 1:56:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have sustained injury that may impede any writing I’d hoped to accomplish this long, cold weekend. We’ll see how it goes! #indiewriter #writerlife #indieauthor

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16/2/2025, 5:18:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not sure what to focus on today. Snowy & cold, maybe hockey romance? But there are some plot bunnies frolicking over here in shifter romance/hate-to-love land & down here in RH dark romance, not to mention literal demons & angels upstairs. What’s a girl to do? #writerlife #indiewriter #hockeyromance

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9/2/2025, 5:32:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have you ever had an orange creamsicle martini? I recommend. Also recommended: nights with besties and endless bestie hugs. 🥰 #bestiesforlife #girlsnight

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9/2/2025, 4:46:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh yeah… there’s a thing this weekend. Excellent background noise for reading. 😁

8/2/2025, 6:41:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sometimes, the victories aren’t saving a life, or conquering the world. Sometimes the victories are doing a task that has paralyzed you any time you thought about it before. Sometimes it’s doing one thing, and finishing it. And I’m ok with that.

1/2/2025, 8:36:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dinner with the parents, mom gave me this cake before I left, said she worked on it all day! 🥳😁 Why yes, I am going to eat it entirely on my own, not even bothering with a plate, because that’s just how this birthday girl rolls.

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26/1/2025, 1:58:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just had birthday brunch with the besties (alliteration alert!) They got me a couple stellar gifts. You can’t tell in the pic but the journal is shiny! And the candle smells so good. No really. Sniff it. . . . . Why did you just mash your phone to your face?? 😜❤️ #birthday #writerlife #bestiesforlife

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25/1/2025, 9:02:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Does anyone else dive into a long-awaited new release book that’s part of an ongoing series only to find that you don’t recognize half the character name, motivations or plot points from previous entries in the series? No? Just me? Cool. 😓🤪 #readerlife #onyxstorm

23/1/2025, 3:04:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Have opened three different WIPs and closed them, on the fourth now, hoping this one might spark some forward progress. #indiewriter #writerlife

19/1/2025, 4:47:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Motivation is hard to come by at this time of year. I’ll get there but man, it would be so much easier to spend my day with games and anime. And snacks.

11/1/2025, 4:32:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Got time to kill, and wondering what more exotic places there might be to visit, like on this Qantas plane… and then I’d write about it. 😁

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22/12/2024, 6:56:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Airport/airplane passenger reminder: don’t be a jerk. That is all. Safe travels! 😁

22/12/2024, 12:41:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are you even Christmas baking if you don’t have Christmas music playing?

15/12/2024, 6:01:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do I have an extensive watch list saved of new anime to watch? Yes. Will I choose to rewatch a favorite, probably Sk8 The Infinity instead? Also, yes.

14/12/2024, 1:48:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lessons in indie publishing: do not trust that you have done the things you think you have. The memory is a tricky h* and the headache isn’t worth it. Check. Everything. PSA over.

12/12/2024, 1:24:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My first celebrity crush was Tuxedo Mask. No, I’m not embarrassed, why do you ask?

8/12/2024, 2:30:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Chipping at the Ice” brings a sweet-hot mess together with a wounded-heart goalie at a time of year that’s easy for people to feel lonely. They find each other, share some laughs, snowflake sprinkled kisses, and so much more. ☃️🧣🥰❤️ 2/2 #hockeyromance #indieromance #writerlife #romancebooks

6/12/2024, 8:19:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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An oldie but a goodie… did you know, I have a book that’s basically a holiday romance? With a hockey player? And it’s spicy? And sweet? And only $0.99 in the kindle store? Well, I do! 1/2

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6/12/2024, 8:19:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No, we do not need to discuss the fact that Playstation is 30 friggin years old. Because that would mean I’m… just… no. #playstation #nostalgia #gettingold

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5/12/2024, 3:22:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Spotify wrapped has informed me that my best writing day was February 25. (As in, most hours listened in one go, and I listen to music when writing so that’s what we’ll go with) #writerlife

4/12/2024, 7:41:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hm. Short answer, 10-12 years? I honestly can’t recall the exact date of my first published book, as that small indie publisher has since closed. Longer answer, all my life. I wrote my first story long-hand when I was about 13 years old, I think. 😎 Thanks for the follow.

4/12/2024, 7:39:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Does anyone else struggle with what to post to socials, as a writer? I barely find energy to write, nevermind keep up with self-promotion. Also, writing is not an exciting social to share, definitely no photos of me in coffee stained loose old clothes and smudged glasses. #writerlife

4/12/2024, 2:09:37 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All right. Here we go with another social. I’m an indie author of romance, mystery, fantasy, I love also reading those things plus books of eleventy hundred more genres… come find me!

3/12/2024, 2:32:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view