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Tag Archives: The Milford-Haven Books
Love the Space Shuttle
Memoire of Shuttle Columbia's first landing in the Mojave.
Posted in Associated Press, Books, careers, Current Event, current events, history, Journaling, Journalism, Mara Purl, Milford Haven, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, News reporting, Personal Essays, Power of Universe, Publishing, Science, Travel, Uncategorized, What the Heart Knows, Women's Fiction, Writing
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Love Coastal Flights
Seeing a coastline from the air suggests a metaphor of seeing the border between head and heart, logic and emotion.
Posted in air travel, Books, California, careers, Coastal regions, Connecting through books, Creativity, Fictitious town of Milford-Haven, flow of life, head and heart connection, head and heart connection, Heart, Journaling, Logical Thinking, Magical moments, Mara Purl, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, of lives through books, Opening up to New Worlds, Pat Methany, Personal Essays, Power of the universe, Publishing, Re-Build your Life, relationships, Romantic fiction, Small Town Fiction, Songwriters, Transformation, Travel, Uncategorized, What the Heart Knows, Women's Fiction, Writing
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Father Love
Men who wear their hearts on their sleeves are stronger than they may appear.
Posted in Acting, Associated Press, Audio Drama, Books, careers, Connecting through books, Creativity, current events, Heart, inspiring through fiction novels, Integrating lifes purpose through art, Japan, Journalism, Love, Magical moments, Mara Purl, Men wearing hearts on sleeves, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, musician-singer-songwriter, of lives through books, Personal Essays, Publishing, relationships, screenwriting and acting, self-growth, Small Town Fiction, Soap Opera Fiction, synchronicity, Transformation, Travel, Uncategorized, What the Heart Knows, Women's Fiction, Writing
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Suitcase Whisperer
Lessons to a frequent traveler from her suitcase.
Posted in AHA Moments, Books, careers, Creativity, flow of life, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Heart, inspiring through fiction novels, Integrating lifes purpose through art, Intuition, life's purpose, Magical moments, Mara Purl, Metaphors, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, mission and core purpose in life, musician-singer-songwriter, Novel series, Nurturing the soul, Opening up to New Worlds, Personal Essays, Power of the universe, Publishing, Re-Build your Life, relationships, self-growth, synchronicity, Transformation, transformation through AHA moments, Travel, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction, Writing
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Tagged Advance Reader Copies of What the Heart Knows, author Mara Purl, changes of The Milford Haven Books, dealing with frustration and entitlement, Fiction, lessons about travel, listening to heart opens up new worlds, listening to hearts whisper, Narrative writing, relationships, The Milford-Haven Books, transformative fiction, transforming lives through books, What the Heart Knows, women's fiction, women's fiction novels, writing, www.marapurl.com
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Iconic Feminine and Masculine
As an author and storyteller, I like to think in archetypes. And nowhere are visual icons more evident than in New York City. I’ve come to think of these two most iconic of all buildings—the Empire State and the Chrysler—as the god and goddess of the architectural landscape.
This past week in the City everything did seem larger than life. Nothing is more full of dreams writ large than the Jacob Javits Center during Book Expo America. Posters are ten times their normal size, hung in the hangar-like structure as though being pulled by planes swooping low enough to be read.… Read more
Posted in Book Expo America, Books, careers, Collaboration with other writers, Current Event, current events, Heart, inspiring through fiction novels, Journaling, Left and right side thinking, Mara Purl, Men's fiction, Milford-Haven Novels & Stories, New York City and Manhattan, of lives through books, Personal Essays, Publishing, Romantic fiction, romantic novel storylines, self-growth, Transformation, Travel, Uncategorized, Women's Fiction, Writing
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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
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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
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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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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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