Lene Fogelberg Blog
Lene Fogelberg is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Beautiful Affliction: A Memoir. A native Swede, she has lived in the US, Europe, and Asia. The Lightning Tree is the first book in her YA trilogy, The Natural Intelligence Revolution.
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The monsoon is definitely here; the rain is pouring down and the thunder and lightning makes our whole house shake. It is dark like a Swedish winter afternoon and the air is raw with humidity, making me light candles, put on sweaters and search for socks brought from Sweden. And here…
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Yes — we are finding the way to move forward! After some discussion with my publisher & team, with many new book titles on the table, we have a winner!
I really like it and I think it’s going to be awesome!
I spent the last week going through my manuscript (again) to really get…
Today I am reusing the picture from my previous blog post Glorious Mess!
I need to remind myself to embrace the mess, see the beauty in all the odd pieces coming together, just like in this beautiful Indonesian tile floor.
Are you also someone who like it when things are in order, under control, l…
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Today was a good writing day! I managed to get down twice as many words as anticipated, thus making up for Friday which I sort of lost, writing-wise.
We have had a lot going on here in Jakarta. Muslim New Year’s celebrations all over town, the girls’ activities, my husband’s travels…
Last Sunday our school hosted a fundraiser event for the Afghan Hazara refugees who are temporarily living in Bogor, outside of Jakarta.
It was an intense experience, speaking with the refugees and listening to their story. They told us of the persecutions they have endured, that made them leave t…
We are lucky to be here in Indonesia in these exciting times!
Yesterday President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi took the oath of office, alongside his Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
I just had to take a couple of pictures of the TV with my iPhone to show you. It was a very worthy and dignifi…
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Yesterday was a very special day for our family as we got to meet Afghan Hazara refugees here in Jakarta and spend the day with them. I will tell you more about this, but first I just have to share with you what happened last night! I tweeted about my special meeting with the refuge…
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I am overwhelmed by the amazing support after announcing my upcoming memoir The Cicadas, to be published by She Writes Press in 2015.
People have been calling, e-mailing, texting, chatting, congratulating me on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and twitter. I even received various statu…