Tag: authors

• An Introvert Tries to do Marketing

  

  I close my eyes and typeCreative EnergyAlive and freeMarketing makes me feelIncompetent and queasyStrange dichotomyBooks need two breaths of lifeAuthor’s inspirationReaders’ validation As I launch my new book, I feel myself cowering at the prospect of trying to make it known to people. I keep coming back to some words penned by Robert Service, the…

  callimulligan

  February 10, 2026

  animals, authors, birds, books, fairy tale, fiction, free book, Haiku, Nature, Neurodivergent, Poetry, Psychology, Writers

  authors, books, fairytale, freebook, Haiku, horses, introverts, Nature, Neurodivergent, Poetry, Psychology, reading

• Dreams, Fairy Tales, and the Search for Self

  

  What is the earliest big dream you can remember having in your life? By “big” I mean a dream that left behind very vivid images and powerful feelings of connection to mystery. I may be odd in this respect, but this has always been an easy question for me to answer. I can place the…

  callimulligan

  February 9, 2026

  animals, authors, books, fairy tale, free book, Neurodivergent, Psychology, short stories, Writers

  authors, books, dreams, fairytale, freebook, horses, introverts, magical realism, Nature, Neurodivergent, Psychology, reading

• Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright

  The Halloween I remember bestMay well have been my firstFive years oldA newcomer to a new townFlat red boxes on a store shelfMasks visible beneath cellophane lidsPre-fab costumes for little kidsWitches and goblins held little magic for meBut animals didI chose the tiger costumeCheap plastic mask pressing hard against my facePinching, making me sweatI happily…

  callimulligan

  October 30, 2024

  Nature, Poetry, Psychology, Writers

  animals, authors, dreams, introverts, Nature, Poetry, Psychology, spirituality, Writers, writers community, writing

• Social media blues

  So you want to be an author, Calli?You must be on social media!To the rules of marketingI tried to be obedientTwitter, Instagram, TumblrNot much successLeast of all TumblrThough I like it the bestI enjoy my websiteMy blog here on WordPressBut here too, not much followingIt’s caused me some stressDyslexia limits the timeI can spend with…

  callimulligan

  November 10, 2023

  Poetry, Writers

  authors, books, dyslexia, introverts, Poetry, social media, Tumblr, Writers, writers community