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May 24, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
The kiss was amazing. But I knew I was falling in love because when I asked him if he had …
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Category: Memoir, Stories I've Told
| Tags: divorce, family life, marriage, spoken word, story slam, storytelling
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May 18, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Last week I was asked, under some unusual circumstances, to perform a version of the story below at a private …
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Category: Memoir, Stories I've Told
| Tags: academia, choices, computers, dissertation, doubt, faith, George MacDonald, MLA, storytelling, University of Minnesota, Victorians, Wheaton College, word processing, writing process
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May 11, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Jenna Matthys was one of three winners for Word Sprout’s Story Slam in on the theme “Thankful.” For the first time, …
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Category: Interviews
| Tags: creative practice, editing, interviews, performance, provoked, thankful, writing, writing process, YouTube
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May 4, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
On March 30, I posted a version of a story that was a work-in-progress for the monthly Word Sprout Story Slam. The …
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Category: Memoir, Stories I've Told
| Tags: Alzheimers, books, courage, courageous, editing, family life, puzzles, reading, revising, story slams, storytelling, writing, writing process
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April 27, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Heather won last month’s Story SlamMN! at Kieran’s Irish Pub. The theme was “Courageous.” Without further ado, here are her …
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Category: Interviews
| Tags: courage, courageous, creative practice, interviews, prompts, spoken word, story slam
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April 21, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
When Nillu Nasser Stelter nominated me for the Liebster Award a month ago, I had only a vague idea what it …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media, Memoir
| Tags: #MondayBlogs, blogging, Cheri Register, creative practice, Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, Liebster Award, Loft Literary Center, Lorraine Reguly, Nillu Nasser Stelter, Rachel Thompson, storytelling, writing, YouTube
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April 14, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
All three of the winners at Wordsprout’s Story SlamMN! “Thankful” in March were willing to answer my questions about their …
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Category: Interviews
| Tags: creative practice, interviews, prompts, provoked, spoken word, story slam, storytelling, thankful, YouTube
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April 10, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
For #ThrowBackThursday (and for #ArchiveDay on Saturday), I am republishing posts from my old Livejournal Blog, Ordinary Time. Because I …
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Category: Republished from Elsewhere
| Tags: Anthony Trollope, creative practice, Loft Literary Center, productivity, Rosanne Bane, writing, writing process
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April 6, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
I am very pleased to have an interview with Story SlamMN! winner Loren Niemi for this week’s post. Loren and …
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Category: Interviews
| Tags: creative practice, editing, interviews, revising, spoken word, story slam, storytelling, thankful
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March 30, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This week’s blog post is a work-in-progress version of the story I will tell at Story SlamMN on April 1st …
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Category: Memoir
| Tags: Alzheimers, books, courage, courageous, family life, freshly pressed, puzzles, reading, storytelling, Work in Process, work in progress, writing
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