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Dutch by birth and serial emigrant, Barbara currently lives with her husband and daughter in a tiny village in Galicia, Spain, as basic and simple as can be. W Barbara's website.
On Writing House On Fire
I recently finished The Crown. I’m not much of a TV person. It’s common for me to view an episode or two of a series with my husband, lose interest, then proceed to do other things while he follows a show through to its finale. I can count on one hand the series I’ve watched […]
On Writing Energetic Anatomy Made Easy
My story begins at my first yoga teacher training in 2004. We (the trainees) sat on the floor in a circle with our eyes closed, our spines upright, and our question for that day’s meditation written in front of us. Our guide asked us to focus on our breath. A few minutes later we were […]
Striving for Imperfection, Seeking Perseverance
Striving for Imperfection, Seeking Perseverance. I’ve posted before about the writing retreats in France I co-facilitate with agent extraordinaire, April Eberhardt. Since I was first asked to teach in France I’ve been trying to learn French via Duolingo. A little bit every day for the past 18 or so months. I may not be able […]
THE SWEET PAIN OF BEING ALIVE BY Ann Anderson Evans
THE SWEET PAIN OF BEING ALIVE BY Ann Anderson Evans THE SWEET PAIN OF BEING ALIVE is a memoir chronicling the fourteen happiest years of my life, my marriage to Terry. Our marriage ended with his suicide and to find out why this happened, I scanned our relationship and wrote about what I discovered. A […]
THE WRITER’S GARDEN by Heather Mateus Sappenfield
THE WRITER’S GARDEN by Heather Mateus Sappenfield What are the seeds of your narratives? Are they concepts? Problems? Themes? With three novels and one short story collection under my belt, I’ve learned that my narratives usually arise from things I witness. Things about our humanity that leave a deep impression. After that initial impression, they […]
The Guinea Pig Club
The Guinea Pig Club The Fever Box is a psychological thriller set in a military hospital during WW2. One of the main characters is Dougie Douglas, a badly-burned pilot shot down during the evacuation of Dunkirk, who eventually becomes a member of the elite Guinea Pig Club, created in 1941 by a group of RAF […]
Finally, a Species of Gratitude: The Processes of Writing “A Lucky Breath”
Finally, a Species of Gratitude: The Processes of Writing “A Lucky Breath” My new memoir, “A Lucky Breath,” is the story of the years I lived in a Costa Rican village told within the context of the days and months surrounding my divorce from the man I married there. The memoir opens before dawn on […]
Writing From the Heart: Nancy Julien Kopp
Writing From the Heart Almost every day, I find a moment to write. A moment and more that take me away from everyday tasks and immerse me into a writing life filled with words from my heart. I write essays, poems, and stories detailing the events that bring basic emotions into my life. Pain, anguish, […]
Keeping the Reader in Mind By Christina Consolino
Keeping the Reader in Mind By Christina Consolino Writing the first draft of my second novel, The Weight We Carry, served as a means of healing for me. Summer of 2015 was onerous and chaotic, filled with multiple health crises for my dad, which eventually led to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s for my mom. I […]
On Writing Holistic Wealth by Keisha Blair
My writing journey has been a meandering one. I started writing a memoir and then a viral article prompted me to change course when the world responded to an article that I initially felt vulnerable about when I hit the “publish” button. That article captivated an audience of 50 million people globally. The second paragraph […]
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