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Day 10 of the Ralph Waldo Emerson “Self-Reliance” project. Click here for my project archives. Today’s Prompt: In 2001, after three years of research and planning, I wrote my first novel: Terata...
View ArticleThe economics of migration, Alice Awards and other updates
Thank you, Displaced Nation! Dear Readers, The last few weeks have been exciting with lots of great news and guest pieces being featured on some of my favourite websites. “Global laborers”, an article...
View ArticleLost in Transition
Screen capture from The Dixie Chicks "Landslide" video. Four-plus years. 49 months. 1,489 days. 35,736 hours. 2,144,160 minutes. That is how long we will have lived in Prague when we board our plane...
View ArticleLive from Lothringer
One month ago I bid a tearful adieu to Prague, my home since 2007. August 1, 2011 was not only my last night in Prague, it was also the day my novel American Monsters was re-released in its second...
View ArticleMourning Locks
Whenever someone I care about dies I cut my hair. This is a tradition I learned from my (adopted) Lakota aunty, and I’ve been consciously doing it since I met her almost ten years ago. Inadvertently,...
View ArticleGuest Post: The Accidental Repatriate
This piece first appeared at The Displaced Nation, September 2012. When I left the US for Europe in 2002 I had no intention of ever again living in America. Violence, backwards politics, a horrible...
View ArticleThe Next Big Thing Blog Hop: American Monsters II
My feminist sister-friend Tammy posted “The Next Big Thing Blog Hop” on her website a few weeks ago and I was intrigued not just by her book — which sounds AMAZING! — but also by the blog ring. As...
View ArticleGuest Post: Mermaid Out Of Water
This piece originally appeared at Lillian Connelly’s It’s A Dome Life, The drive out to the Florida Everglades is populated with people who don’t seem to know a thing about road rules. The freeway...
View ArticleHannibal (2013): On Empaths, Self-Realization, and the Healing Power of Horror
Self-portrait. During these past few weeks I reached a breaking point in my emotional involvement in the constant barrage of horrible things happening in the US and around the world. Dozens of bomb...
View ArticleYear In, Year Out
Zuzu gone viral. This year. Dude. It’s now official: I wrote something that went viral in 2013. The best part is that the piece brought further attention to Project Unbreakable‘s vital message about...
View ArticleSo Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night 2014
I haven’t blogged here since April, and for a very good reason: 2014 saw me become a Huffington Post blogger. Boom! My first HuffPost piece—8 Reasons Why I’m Not Having Children—went moderately viral...
View ArticleLather, Rinse, Repeat: On Being A Method Writer
Cover art ©David Arts courtesy of Shutterstock. A few weeks ago I finally finished my second novel, Crime Rave. Hooray! The final final version is now in the hands of my last team of readers and it’ll...
View ArticleLost in Transition
Wracked with anxiety about our impending Prague departure, I try to make sense of my emotions with the help of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide". The post Lost in Transition appeared first on Sezin Koehler.
View ArticleLive from Lothringer
My first post from my new home on Lothringer str., Cologne, Germany. Wilkommen! The post Live from Lothringer appeared first on Sezin Koehler.
View ArticleMourning Locks
Why I cut my hair when someone I care about dies and a few other confessions about my life and American Monsters. The post Mourning Locks appeared first on Sezin Koehler.
View ArticleGuest Post: The Accidental Repatriate
Repatriation is tough. The post Guest Post: The Accidental Repatriate appeared first on Sezin Koehler.
View ArticleThe Next Big Thing Blog Hop: American Monsters II
A sneak peek into American Monsters II! The post The Next Big Thing Blog Hop: American Monsters II appeared first on Sezin Koehler.
View ArticleGuest Post: Mermaid Out Of Water
From Key West to the Everglades, I'm generally a mermaid out of water in Florida. The post Guest Post: Mermaid Out Of Water appeared first on Sezin Koehler.
View ArticleHannibal (2013): On Empaths, Self-Realization, and the Healing Power of Horror
The new NBC show Hannibal helps me in a way I never would have imagined. The post Hannibal (2013): On Empaths, Self-Realization, and the Healing Power of Horror appeared first on Sezin Koehler.
View ArticleYear In, Year Out
On officially going viral, getting healthy, and loving life with my pink ukulele, Amanda. 2013 rocked, 2014 will rock harder. The post Year In, Year Out appeared first on Sezin Koehler.
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