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The Grace of Letting Things End by Mary Sharratt

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Gabriella West

Ms. Boo, aka Queen Boudicca, in the heart of Pendle Witch Country. Though I was born and raised in Minnesota, I have wandered the world as an expat writer nearly my entire adult life, living in Belgium, Austria, and Germany,…

Posted in Guest Bloggers, Travel, Work/Life Balance, Writing | Tagged Brexit, change, Expatriate writers, Feminism and Religion, home, letting go, Mary Sharratt, Place, Portugal, UK, Women Novelists | Leave a comment

This Writing Life: Two Opinion Pieces

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Gabriella West

I was listening to the radio in the kitchen the other day, and the NPR announcer was talking about the search for the bones of the great Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote. Cervantes is very famous … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity and its discontents, Personal, Writing | Tagged Ann Bauer, Cervantes, dislocated, home, money issues, pauper, Salon, the writing life, time to write, unmarked grave | Leave a comment