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The Musical Water Maidens
Originally posted on Tribalmystic Stories:
Huntington Post Photo It is not often that you find musicians using nature to aid in their musical performances. In the Melanesian culture, a rare tradition passed down from generation to generation of women still lives on. Lakes, rivers or the sea water is used as a percussion in this…
Pinterest and Instagram for Writers (Yes. Really.)
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
As much as I love language and believe in the magic of the written word, I must admit that we humans are innately visual creatures living in a visually driven era. From print magazines to television, film, and now social media, our world is consumed…
Colleen McCullough
Originally posted on Jo Robinson:
Colleen McCullough, author of The Thorn Birds died at the age of seventy seven on the 29th January. The Australian wrote this as part of their obituary: “Australia’s bestselling author was a charmer. Plain of feature, and certainly overweight, she was nevertheless a woman of wit and warmth.” Pardon? Use…
Book chat: ‘The Little Paris Bookshop’ by Nina George
Originally posted on write meg!:
Floating on the Seine is a very special barge: a bookshop tended by Monsieur Jean Perdu, a brokenhearted bookseller nursing his decades-long heartache by “prescribing” must reads for the patrons passing through Paris. This literary apothecary has medicinal tales for young idealists, overworked businessmen, widows starting over. Perdu presides over…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 