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Travel as Gateway to New Worlds by Janine Donoho

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. – Hilaire Belloc Doorways, windows, and gates always feel like a call to adventure. This proves especially true while taking in the view in Peloponnesian Greece while pivoting around in Agamemnon’s ruined bath chamber. Experience delicious shivers when you remember that this is the scene of […]

A Change of State by Janine Donoho

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. – Anais Nin When I finally coaxed Intrepid Guy to take a full month to travel with me, we chose a more ambitious route than my BFF trip. Yes, still backpacks, but Italy, Greece, and Turkey via planes, trains, and automobiles. […]

Zombie Fighters’ Guide to Balancing Process and Purpose by Janine Donoho

In the wild blue stratosphere of authorpreneurs, I suppose I’ve fledged. Not ready for the high thermals or gale forces yet, but I gained a few skills. What I’m struggling with? Finding a dynamic balance between purpose, which is to write new stories, and the process of social media success. I’m told this connects me […]

Grouse Eggs & Kestrels and Seedlings & Soil (as sung to ‘My Favorite Things’) by Janine Donoho

In this remote conservation area of Washington State, vernal equinox triggers messy chasms brimming with snowmelt. Summer’s alkaline dust transforms into muck capable of entombing my 4-wheel drive eco-diesel up to its wheel wells. Days collect into weeks of treacherous roads. I wait to plant seeds until after mid-May, since hard frosts shrivel tender cotyledons. […]

When a Writer Travels by Janine Donoho

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. – Saint Augustine My longest running mantra? Head down and get the job done. Yes, a great work ethic. Now I’m toiling to hone my playful aspect. Really, toiling, which holds too much truth to be as laughable as it should be. […]

BFFs and Paris in April by Janine Donoho

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius Magical doesn’t begin to describe my first trip through Europe and here’s why: best friends on vacation, free upgrade to business class, flight out of Washington D.C. at sunset, Halley’s comet and Northern Lights on display from our plane’s windows, and Paris at sunrise. Then […]

Blog Tour – Janine Donoho – Soundings: Water Elemental

Blog Tour – Janine Donoho – Soundings: Water Elemental. Is there hope for a grieving mother’s heart? Ecopsychologist Dr. Margo Updike loses herself in a shadow life after her daughter’s tragic death. When a century storm deposits a young girl on Maggie’s secluded beach in Puget Sound, a miraculous renewal begins. Then the apparent orphan […]

Blog Tour – Janine Donoho – Soundings: Water Elemental

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Is there hope for a grieving mother’s heart? Ecopsychologist Dr. Margo Updike loses herself in a shadow life after her daughter’s tragic death. When a century storm deposits a young girl on Maggie’s secluded beach in Puget Sound, a miraculous renewal begins. Then the apparent orphan exhibits…

How I embraced the suck (and learned to love – er – respect social media) by Janine Donoho

We had a day this last week: Soundings Release Day Book Bash. Or as I dubbed it, ‘The great Be-Staunch-Launch.’ Three other illustrious authors participated and offered great content. Camela Thompson’s character sketches, Patricia Eddy’s studmuffin, Shay West’s woo-hoo face amplified our event, while I tacked the stiff breezes on this, my maiden voyage. There […]

Selkies, Witches, and Dryads—oh, my! by Janine Donoho

Before this last thaw, a flash of tawny muscle caught my eye as a cougar stretched to full run and flowed down a ravine. This is why natural events and wild critters play such a central role in my stories. Life in these rural areas carries different risks than those experienced by urban dwellers. Rather […]