Tracy Shawn - Why a Novel About Anxiety?

February 15, 2014 Editor 0

Years ago, I was sitting alongside other budding novelists in an ongoing writing class, rapt attention on the much-revered teacher. She asked each of us to share what our novels-in-progress were about. Trying to the […]

Tracy Shawn, MA - Novel: “The Grace of Crows”

November 12, 2013 Editor 0

Set in the fictional California communities of Breakers Point and Dune Beach, Saylor fights her debilitating anxiety while trying to contend with her mother’s blind narcissism, growing concerns for her teenage children, and her husband’s […]

Tracy Shawn, MA - The Art of Anxiety

September 4, 2013 Editor 0

When I was thirteen years old, I bought a wall hanging depicting neon-yellow lemons converging into a sea of lemonade. Emblazoned across the cloth was the now-clichéd phrase: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” […]

The Healing Power of Fiction

August 3, 2014 admin 0

Interview with: Lucy Horner, author of Tolstoy Therapy: A Fiction Prescription Q: Your book, Tolstoy Therapy: A Fiction Prescription, is a beautiful narration of both your own and other people’s healing experiences through the technique […] […]