Welp, this is my first real blog post! An introduction to me, Samantha Jean Tate - Mystic & Muse.
I'm Samantha. I'm a forty-something-year-old self-published author of three books. I am from Michigan, Burton to be exact. Burton is a city just outside Flint. I've lived here my entire life. I was conceived here, I was raised here, I'll probably die here.
I think introduction posts are boring, and I don't like to talk about myself all that much. I haven't won any awards for my writing or done anything super cool with my writing. I'm just out here writing bad poetry and publishing it on Amazon and selling books.
My first book I ever wrote was a tarot spread book, since I'm a professional tarot reader for my day job. I used ChatGPT to help me research the book and help me write it a little bit. Therefore, a lot of people in the self-righteous tarot community boycotted it and called it AI trash, despite me heavily editing it and hiring an actual editor. This book is called Saturday Morning Tarot: Tarot Spreads For Your Inner 80's Child. It's available on Barnes and Noble online and only has two reviews total.
The next book I wrote was a book of poetry. I had written these poems between 2021 and 2024, reflecting on toxic relationships, my mental health, my 2001 rape from a classmate who I met online, and other miscellaneous subjects that were near and dear to my heart. This book is titled GROWTH: A Healing Journey of Poetry and Prose.
My most recent book to date is another book of poetry focusing on the different shades of goodbyes. I explore losing my beloved grandmothers and step-grandmother, losing my cat Razzles, and letting go of friendships and relationships. This one is a shorter read and has a lot less swearing. I polished up my writing a lot for this book. I think it shows growth. This book is titled See Ya & Other Goodbyes: Poems & Prose About Life, Love, and Loss Through My Eyes. This book and GROWTH are both available on Amazon and available to read for free on Kindle Unlimited.
Some other fun facts about me: I'm on the autism spectrum (Asperger's), I have bipolar disorder, and I live with my parents. I have a long-distance boyfriend named Justin, who can be the bane of my existence and the love of my life at the same time. I have a niece who works at a bookstore in Flint named Frances, and a nephew who is transgendered named Sollux. I have two cats. I'm a proud cat mom to named Skittles, a calico cat, and Sassy, a gray tabby cat. Skittles and Sassy are technically my parents' cats as my sister gifted them for Christmas one year.
My intention with this blog is to write my thoughts. I'm hoping to post at least once a week with a new post. I started this blog to write about stuff that's NOT related to tarot and to get my name out there. I'll probably share some of my poems, my prose, my essays, events I do, and more!
It's lovely to meet you! I hope you will stay and read a while! I don't know if anyone still reads blogs that aren't Medium or Substack. But I'll give this a try and build some content! Give me a follow on Instagram and Facebook! I would love to connect with you over there.
Tell me something about you. Tell me something funny, wacky, or weird.
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