Tabi Price
 Reference Assistant

Easley Library

Bluefield College
 3000 College Drive
Bluefield, Virginia 24605

Telephone: 276.326.4269
Fax: 276.326.4288
Email: tprice@bluefield.edu
 
  BACKGROUND    

  • Education:   B.A. History from Bluefield College

  • What I Do at Easley Library:   Basically, when you need a book and Easley Library doesn't have it, I'm the person you come to.  I specialize in finding those much needed resources for those research papers you just can't live without.  I'm here to assist you, the student, and will try to be as much help as possible.

  • In my Free Time:  I'm one of those "eclectic" people who likes to do a little bit of everything.  I love to read, and I love music (as a listener).  I'm always writing.  I have a few hobbies such as sewing, crocheting, gardening, pottery, and playing with the cat.  I take joy in the simple things in life, and depend on Laughter, the Lord, and the Little Things to keep me going.  I'm usually to be found in the company of my family, particularly my best friend Mama.  I'm just a good old-fashioned Southern girl, and I reckon that's all right!

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Believe me, I know what it's like to be on the other side of this desk.  I was a student at Bluefield College for four years, earning a major in history and minor in literature.  Those two fields required a lot of books, and I kept the ILL desk hopping with my piles of required resources.  I've done so much research over the past four years that there isn't much I can't find.  Feel free to ask me anything.  There isn't a single stupid question I haven't asked, and it's always good to know that someone else has been there.

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"If at first you don't succeed, do it like your mother told you."  -- Author Unknown
 

  PERSONAL NOTE

It is by the grace of God and the talent He has given me that I'm happy to announce the release of my new book, Flowers on the Milkstool.  Set in 1871 Kansas, it tells the story of the Lawson family through the diary of Mary, the only daughter in the family.  As she recounts the family's trials and struggles as well as their joys and triumphs, she discovers the power of faith and love.  In reading Mary's story, you too will discover that life can be a little sweeter when it is trusted to the powerful and loving hand of God.

This book is now available at tatepublishing.com and all other major online bookstores.  Just search the title.  (Please note the pseudonym -- Tabi Rae)

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 Being a Writer:

If you are thinking of choosing writing as your profession, I will give you fair warning: it is a difficult but most rewarding profession.  I have been writing since I was twelve years old, and ever since then I have never been more comfortable than when I have a pen in my hand.  I have allowed a select few people to read my work, and at their collective urging I have published one of my books (see above).  Though only this one has been released to the public, I have currently completed five more novels, and am working on six more.  (Your gasps and chuckles here).

That's right, I am working on six (or more) different projects at once.  I used to think that I couldn't give my full attention to more than one story at a time, but then I discovered that I was cheating one story by rushing through it in my haste to begin another.  Now, I start as many as I like, working on each when I feel inspired.  It does no good to write when it's forced, so I do things my own way.  I expect that sometime in the distant future, each of these books will be published, and I will be able to share more of the gift God has given me.  I know that this talent was given to me by God for a specific purpose, and I am trying to use it to the best of my ability for His glory.

You may seek to approach me about my writing, or to comment on my book.  This would be a joy to me, but remember that I will likely be shy and timid.  It isn't because I'm one of those reclusive authors who hides in a shell and occasionally chooses to grace the world with his or her presence.  Not so.  It is merely my distaste of being the center of attention.  I would much rather fade into the background and let my books do all the talking.

Let me know if you are a writer, and what sorts of things you're working on.  I always like to hear about how others are using their talents, and allow the sharing of ideas to take place.  Writing is such a powerful tool.  If only all the writers would decide to use their powers for good.

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"Words -- so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."

--St. Augustine

 

 

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

--Theodore Roosevelt

 

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

--Eleanor Roosevelt

  

REMEMBER

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 "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.  We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.  It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."     -- Ronald Reagan    

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