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Category Archives: Mara Purl
Manhattan Anticipation
New York City has become an icon in our culture, and around the globe. It sometimes seems to loom so large in our minds that the real thing couldn’t possibly measure up.
But the moment your plane angles in for a landing and you glimpse the island of Manhattan, you realize you were wrong, New York will always exceed your expectations.
This was my city for the first few years after college. Ten minutes after receiving my diploma, the truck carrying my few worldly possessions headed south from Bennington to The City. I couldn’t imagine moving anywhere else.
I bought used furniture and wheeled it up Third Avenue on a dolly.… Read more
Posted in Acting, Book Expo America, Books, careers, Collaboration with other writers, Connecting through books, Current Event, Journalism, Love of Books, Mara Purl, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, musician-singer-songwriter, New York City and Manhattan, Personal Essays, Publishing, screenwriting and acting, The Financial Times of London, Travel, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction, Writing
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Love the “Aha!”
I’ve been working on a list of favorite things: walks along the beach, walks in the mountains, walks through museums . . . okay, there’s a walking theme here, I get that.
But then I wondered what else do these favorite activities have in common? And it occurred to me it’s the moments where an insight flashes, as though someone suddenly turned on a light bulb.
When these moments occur, maybe I’ve have been puzzling over why a character in my current novel travels to a certain location. Or I might be intrigued by someone’s unexpected reaction to something I’ve written.… Read more
Posted in AHA Moments, Books, Connecting through books, Creativity, Heart, inspiring through fiction novels, Logical Thinking, Mara Purl, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, Nurturing the soul, of lives through books, Personal Essays, Publishing, Re-Build your Life, self-growth, synchronicity, Transformation, transformation through AHA moments, Women's Fiction, Writing
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Mother – Daughter Love
Listening. That's what transforms the complexities of the Mother-Daughter relationship.
Posted in Books, Creativity, flow of life, forgiveness, Heart, inspiring through fiction novels, Love, Mara Purl, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, mission and core purpose in life, Nurturing the soul, of lives through books, Personal Essays, Re-Build your Life, relationships, self-growth, Transformation, Women's Fiction, Writing
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Love of Books
My new book "What the Heart Knows" is about you, a woman who's getting around to doing the things that, in your heart of hearts, you've always wanted to do.
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, California, Connecting through books, Cover art for books, Current Event, Gratitude, Heart, inspiring through fiction novels, Journalism, joy, L.A. Times, Love, Love of Books, Mara Purl, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, Newspaper articles, Opening up to New Worlds, Painting, Publishing, Romantic fiction, self-growth, Transformation, Uncategorized, Using watercolor images for book covers, Women's Fiction, Writing
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Eggs in One Basket
There’s only one day of the year when we’re allowed to put all our eggs in one basket: Easter. For those of us who indulge in Easter Egg Hunts, or perhaps plan them for younger members of the community, the object of the game is to race around the garden finding as many colorful eggs as possible and collect them in a festive basket.
The rest of the year, we’re admonished not to follow the practice of placing all our eggs—a metaphor for hopes, plans, or expectations—in one basket—a metaphor for person, object, or project.
There was a time I probably took that advice too much to heart.… Read more
Posted in Acting, Audio Drama, Books, careers, Colorado, Creativity, flow of life, Heart, Innovative marketing, Innovative marketing, inspiring through fiction novels, Integrating lifes purpose through art, Intuition, Journalism, Logical Thinking, Mara Purl, Marketing, Metaphors, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, mission and core purpose in life, musician-singer-songwriter, Nurturing the soul, Power of the universe, power of the universe, power of the universe, Publishing, Re-Build your Life, relationships, Rolling Stone, Romantic fiction, romantic novel storylines, Science, screenwriting and acting, self-growth, Skill sets, sychronicity of life, synchronicity, Transformation, voice performance, Women's Fiction, Writing
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An Elevated View
A new anthology of writers-on-writing is published by Seven Oaks Publishing, featuring Mara Purl, Margaret Coel, and Laurie Wagner Buyer.
Posted in Associated Press, Book Reviews, Books, Collaboration with other writers, Colorado, inspiring through fiction novels, Japan, Journalism, Mara Purl, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, Newspaper articles, of lives through books, Possibili-Teas in Colorado and New York, Publishing, relationships, Rolling Stone, self-growth, The Financial Times of London, Transformation, Uncategorized, Western Fiction, Women's Fiction, Writing
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Go With the Flow
FLOW can be active, rather than passive, when we use it as a metaphor to see what's flowing in our lives, and what's not, because it's frozen, diverted, or swirling into energy-sucking funnels.
Posted in Books, California, Creativity, economic recovery, flow of life, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Heart, joy, Love, Mara Purl, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, of lives through books, Power of the universe, power of the universe, power of the universe, Power of Universe, Publishing, Re-Build your Life, relationships, Science, self-growth, sychronicity of life, synchronicity, synchronicity, Transformation, Women's Fiction
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April No Foolin’
Fiction isn't about fooling readers. It's about telling truth at the deepest level, which is speaking from the heart.
Posted in Creativity, Heart, inspiring through fiction novels, joy, Mara Purl, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, of lives through books, Publishing, Romantic fiction, self-growth, Transformation, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction
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Radiation and Radiating
While we handle our fears about radiation, we can make sure we're thinking generously and creatively about to help, and know our hearts are radiating love.
Posted in Current Event, Heart, inspiring through fiction novels, Japan, joy, Mara Purl, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, radiation, Science, self-growth, Women's Fiction
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Aftershocks and Seismic Creep
Seismic plates shift violently when there's resistance in the faultline. But in one area of the San Andreas, there's no resistance at all, and thus no earthquakes. Can we examine our hearts to see what we're resisting?
Posted in California, Current Event, Denver Post, earthquakes and tsunamis, Faultlines, Heart, Japan, L.A. Times, Mara Purl, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, Newspaper articles, Re-Build your Life, San Luis Obispo Tribune, Science, seismic research, talc and minerals, tectonic plates, Transformation, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction
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