Recovering The SelfA Journal of Hope and Healing

Writing

The Road Ahead

by Phyllis Staton Campbell It is finished, that article, poem or book. With pride you have passed it around for others to comment, and you bask in the praise. …

Healing On the Run

Harry Houdini is remembered as a great escape artist. You would put loads of chains on him and he could get out of them, becoming free. This skill of his was …

on how dare we! write: a multicultural creative discourse

Like most of America, the higher up you go in Academia the whiter it gets. With that comes the white privilege of criticism and writing, whether intentional or …

The System I Used to Write 5 Books and Over 1,000 Blog Posts

Most writers struggle with getting their writing done for one surprising reason. They think writing is a one-step process, when in fact, it’s a three-step …

Choose Not Lose

The following story is excerpted from the book Szen Zone: Reaching a State of Positive Change, by Gary Szenderski. The book is a compilation of heartwarming …

Words Heal

by Kathy Curtis I believe in the power of words to heal. Whether we write them ourselves or they’re written by others; whether they come through poetry, a …

BS Incorporated – A Book Excerpt

Business Solutions, Inc. is in a state of chaos. While the employees spend their time rendezvousing in the stairwells, the CEOs are running their business into …

Romanian Artist Doina Iovanel Spineanu Talks about Depicting the ‘Soul of the Universe’

by Michell Spoden Our guest today is Doina Iovanel Spineanu, author and academician from Romania. Besides being a prolific writer in various genres, she is …

Urban Tango by Regina Neequaye

by Regina Neequaye Ayanna Williams has it all, wants more, and will do whatever it takes to get it. Her promotion to Senior Deputy Assistant to the District …

Rules For Life – Stay Hungry

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. Since I wrote about letting go of dissatisfaction last month, this month I thought I …

My Home Away from Home: Life at Perkins School for the Blind

C 2013 by Robert T. Branco From the ages of 12 to 19, the author attended a school for the blind. He tells about life in the “cottages,” academics, …

‘Chance Encounter’ by Tony Medeiros

by Leonore H. Dvorkin This second novel from the talented Tony Medeiros is a Cinderella story with a twist. The well-to-do narrator, Joseph Perry, has big …

Campbell’s Rambles: How a Seeing Eye Dog Retrieved My Life

Summary by Leonore H. Dvorkin, editor of Campbell’s Rambles Campbell’s Rambles is the story of how the author obtained her first guide dog, Campbell, …

‘Red Eyes’ – A Novel by Gary H. Hensley

by Leonore H. Dvorkin Set primarily in Tennessee and Virginia from 1924 to 1976, Red Eyes is the adventure-filled life story of Jim Taylor: lawman, lover, …

Authors on Friedreich’s Ataxia – Claudia Parada Ramos

by Michell Spoden Translated by Ester Romero Smith This interview is part of literacy project with Authors on Friedreich’s Ataxia series, and my interviewee …

Author Stephen Gill to Present His Books at Cornwall Public Library, Canada, September 11

Stephen Gill is presenting the books he has authored after 2009 and critical studies on his books to his local library on Friday, the 11th of September at 3 …

Rules For Life – Honor Yourself

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. In the course of my writing career, I have had occasion to sign a variety of contracts …

Rules For Life – Don’t Confuse Yourself For Selfish

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. Last year, I wrote about some of the big rules, rules that help us understand the big …

Authors on Friedreich’s Ataxia – María Blasco Gamarra

by Michell Spoden This interview is part of literacy project with Authors on Friedreich’s Ataxia series, and my interviewee today is 41-year- old María …

Rules For Life – Testing the Rules

by Ken La Salle Welcome back to my continuing series of Rules For Life. I began this series just one year ago and, in that time, we’ve discussed some of the …

My Bathroom Scale

by Evelyn Horan It has been over a month or more since I stepped on my bathroom scale. Today, after the holidays recently passed, was a day I’d been trying …

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