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Amor Fati – Love your fate

March 3, 2015 | 17 Comments

Yesterday my personal essay was featured in She Writes “Behind the Book” series and I wanted to share this with you. She Writes is the world’s largest community of women writers with 25 000 members. ————– Amor Fati — Love your fate I never dreamed of writing a memoir. I just always had w…

Interview (in Swedish)

February 18, 2015 | 9 Comments

Hello friends! A week ago I was featured in a newsletter and I thought I might as well show you! Actually it was a big deal for me, since I have been subscribing to this newsletter for several years, and I never dared dream I would be in it! It is sent from one of Sweden’s leading literary consulta…

Happy Valentine’s day!

February 14, 2015 | 12 Comments

Here’s a big, green heart for ya! Love you guys and thanks for all support! You might have noticed I’ve been experimenting a little with my blog’s visual appearance. I am trying to figure out which way to move forward… In a couple of weeks my marketing peeps will give my website a complete make-ov…

New Book Title!

December 13, 2014 | 14 Comments

Hello friends! We have been working for weeks to find a new book title for my memoir. As you know my publisher was not satisfied with the previous title The Cicadas, which didn’t do the job sufficiently of telling what kind of book my memoir is, or drawing the reader in. In addition there were too…

Thunder & Editing

November 28, 2014 | 4 Comments

Hello peeps! 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…

Embracing the Mess

November 7, 2014 | 6 Comments

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…

The Joy of Writing

October 27, 2014 | 9 Comments

Hello friends! 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…

What a party!

October 9, 2014 | 10 Comments

Hello friends! 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…