Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Rachael Tamayo. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Rachael, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.
Learning to write- anyone can do that! Grammar, structure, even creating pretty descriptive scenes. But the trick is storytelling. This isn’t something you can really learn- it’s inborn. That’s what I believe anyway. Your born a story teller- that’s the difference between great authors and mediocre ones.
Rachael, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I’m a former 911 operator, author of 9 books. Wife and mom. Im an award winning and highly commended retired police dispatcher. I left law enforcement after PTSD from working the Sante Fe school shooting started to effect my work and life at home. Im the award winning author of the Deadly Sins series and so much more!! I love to write twister thrillers and surprise my readers
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
My goal is to someday be a New York Times best seller. I think that’s every authors end goal- and so few make it. I’m already an Amazon and ab Apple best seller. But I’d love that!
Looking back, are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?
Yes I wish I’d known about websites like Critique Circle. That site was what gave me my voice and showed me what I was doing wrong. The basis behind it is to allow authors a safe place to post their work and fellow authors will critique it. Using this when I was starting again I discovered so much about myself. It’s invaluable.
Contact Info:
- Website: Www.rachaeltamayowrites.com
- Other: Tiktok: rachaeltamayowrites