Tina Lear has been a writer since she could hold a pencil. She's been a musician all her life, a singer/songwriter for most of it. And now, she's a full time writer. Check out snippets from her new poetry collection, Partial  Views, available now),  and the fantasy novel StoryEarth Chronicles: The Sting Baby, (coming out in 2023).

​

Her wife and family are the roots that pull her feet into the ground and nourish the life that spirals up into her leaves. Writing, meditation and yoga practices keep her moving through the days with varying degrees of equanimity. Her most useful mantra: "Just this."

​

And then there's Ruby. I mean, come on.