• Writing Exercises to Prompt Ideas for Your Novel

    Stuck? Brain on Vacation? Mind as blank as the paper in front of you? I get it: every writer has been there at some point. And don’t we all hate writer’s block. But no one should have to experience that before they actually start writing a novel. So grab a…

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  • The Sword of Glass- the ENTIRE First Chapter!

    The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here. The full first chapter of my novel is out! Normally, I’ll only give you a page or so at a time, but first chapters are important to get you into the story. But this will only happen once or twice, so…

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  • To Write or Not to Write a Novel

    Have you ever heard of the writing challenge called NaNoWriMo? If you have, then you probably have also heard that it shut down because so many people were using AI, and all the real writers were ticked. (Including myself) If you don’t know what it is, then you might believe…

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  • Sword of Glass Chapter One Comes Out Tomorrow

    Just giving those of you who didn’t read my teaser a heads up- the entire first chapter of the Sword of Glass releases sometime tomorrow! If you haven’t read the teaser, you can find it under Fiction on The Write Zone. Otherwise, subscribe to get the notification for when it’s…

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  • Whoa, What Just Happened? OT Thriller Turns Out Like No One Expected- Gold Rush Gossip

    I’m mind blown. The San Francisco 49ers, battered by injuries and playing with a backup quarterback, pulled off one of their craziest wins in recent memory. In a dramatic overtime finish, they edged out the Los Angeles Rams 26-23, a game decided by turnovers, special teams, and a player no…

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  • The Sword of Glass Teaser is Here

    You don’t have long to wait! Sometime on Saturday, I will release… pause for dramatic drumroll…the ENTIRE first chapter of The Sword of Glass! Nine pages worth of the beginning of a play off of Cinderella. Danger, adventure, heartbreak, tournaments, betrayal, romance, balls, fairy godmothers, and more! And I’m giving…

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  • Weekly Writing Prompt

    I personally adore when I get writing prompts. And I bet a lot of people want to write but can’t find the idea that creates a spark. So I’m going to give you the beginning of a story, and it is my challenge to you to finish it, even if…

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  • Your Stories, They Matter

    I want you to think about something; how do we know our history? You’re probably like, “Oh, that’s easy, people wrote down the big events of their time.” or something along the lines of that. And that’s the answer! But have you ever thought about the actual people that wrote…

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  • Cleveland Browns Put a Rookie QB as Starter

    Yep, they’re doing it again. The Cleveland Browns are switching their QB to try and get their offensive line to at least be on the same page as their defense. This is the 41th time they’ve changed quarterbacks since 1999. Now, putting QB Joe Flacco on the bench and placing…

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  • The Sword of Glass- Intro

    I’m sure you’ve already gathered this, but I’m a novelist, despite not being published yet. I figured it’s time to start getting my work into the world, and so I’m putting my favorite novel out in bits and pieces. Now, you’re probably looking at the title and trying to decipher…

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I’m Tatum

When you hear the word ‘football,’ you’re probably not envisioning a fourteen-year-old girl who wears sweatshirts and spends all of her time writing novels or, you guessed it, watching NFL. The Write Zone is a place where you can catch up on football news or read some bits of my unpublished novels, and maybe The Write Zone will change the way you view both writing and football.