Conventions

*From Pleasure Thresholds- Patricia Tallman’s Babylon 5 Memoir, 2011 A word about conventions. The actors who are on the shows that get promoted at cons are a very lucky bunch. You could be on a hit series like ER , but those shows don’t have fans dressing up in...

On being a Nerd

I am a nerd. I am very very proud of being a part of such a vibrant, exciting, intelligent, awesome community of lovely, funny people. I have had the great good fortune of traveling all over the world signing autographs, speaking in large halls and tiny pubs, meeting...

Luck and Leaps

by Patricia Tallman I’m in tears. I leave for Africa in two days. I cannot believe this is my life. I have been asking my higher power to help me to find my way to a point like this. A place where I am overcome with gratitude that my life is the adventure of my...

Accessing the Power of Gratitude

by Patricia Tallman I just wanted to crawl into a hole. If he said one more thing I was going to snap. Why can’t my son just do the one thing I asked him? I feel like such a bitch. Everything is so freaking hard. I realized I was back in that scary miserable place of...