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Poetry and Healing: My Ovarian Cancer Experience
Dear Readers, Sorry for the radio silence, but I’ve been seriously ill and some activities like maintaining my blog have taken a back seat. I’d like to say that my cancer experience is all behind me, but sadly that is … Continue reading
Supernatural Dreams and Tragic Love: Ekphrastic Poem Shortlisted in Fiction Factory
A while ago, I came across the painting, The Entomologists’s Dream, 1909, by Edmund Dulac and it inspired me to write an ekphrastic poem. I was so struck by the devastation on the butterfly collector’s face that I felt compelled … Continue reading
Interview with bestselling author, B. A. Paris
Bestselling author, B. A. Paris has achieved the kind of commercial and critical success that most writers dream of. She has very kindly agreed to share a few of her secrets with us. Bernadette, welcome to my blog! You too … Continue reading
Are you a Dressage or Rodeo Rider? – Training the Unconscious
Why do some stories, poems, paintings or performances move us when others don’t? Where does a unique artistic voice come from? I believe it begins with a strong connection to the unconscious. The unconscious can be a dark and frightening place; home … Continue reading
Missives from Amsterdam
Welcome to my blog! I’m a writer and English teacher living in Amsterdam. I’m writing this blog under my pen name, Susan Carey but most of you know me as Angela. On this blog I’ll be chirruping like the eponymous Oriole … Continue reading


