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Thursday, October 9, 2014 5:51:49 AM
Kathleen Fearing added Just Yesterday, Poems From Another Life to her Bookshelf
Kathleen said, "Poems about everyday life, memories, and love."
Saturday, September 7, 2013 8:53:37 AM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled Old Stories Are New Again:
Kathleen said, "Several years ago I wrote a series of short stories for young children in the 4-6 year age group (at least that's what I thought at the time). I put them aside in a safe little folder on my computer. And once in awhile I opened the folder and looked..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:43:24 PM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled Celebrating Books for Kids:
Kathleen said, "There is no greater gift, I believe, than creating something positive in children's lives. Whether that be books or anything else that helps enhance a child's life, it is worth doing. I encourage everyone to find ways to help make the lives of..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:43:24 PM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled New book I'm Working on:
Kathleen said, "I'm currently working on a book of poems about children in war. It is not a book for children, although certainly it's appropriate for high school age readers. When it's published (which will be soon, I hope) it will be titled "Caught in the..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:43:24 PM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled :
Kathleen said, "Here's a poem from my newly published book Caught in the Crossfire, Poems of Children in War, Storyteller Productions, copyright 2013 Kathleen E. Fearing, available at Amazon.com.Mama…come find me,come take me home,I followed the othersto find the..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:43:24 PM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled Stories That Make You Cry:
Kathleen said, "I've been working on finishing up a story I started a couple of years ago, writing it in different formats (free verse and prose) to see which one works best for the subject matter. I think free verse works best for this story. It's about a girl in..." more
Monday, March 4, 2013 12:58:18 PM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled :
Kathleen said, "It's spring (well, almost) and time to get writing again. Winter seems to stunt my creativity, although I did write some, it seems to be harder when the weather is gray and cold. I've been working on a new book of poems about children and war. I..." more
Friday, February 1, 2013 10:56:08 AM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled Thoughts in the Wake of New Life:
Kathleen said, "My time and attention has been taken up by the expectation and then birth of a new grandchild in the family. This makes for fertile material for poetry and stories. My mind wanders to the elementary emotions of my youth, my life. Here's a poem for..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 9:09:05 PM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled Nothing So Constant As Change:
Kathleen said, "I've been fortunate to have written in more than one genre...children's books in both verse and traditional prose...poetry for adults and children...young children's stories for on-line magazines... Lately, I've been leaning more and more toward..." more
Monday, October 8, 2012 9:51:53 AM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled Being affected by what you read:
Kathleen said, "As an avid reader and writer, what I write is genuinely affected by what I read. Recently I've been reading a woman journalist's account of the war in Syria. Below is a poem I've written in response to an amazing woman's first-hand accounts of that..." more
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 2:20:56 PM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled Book Burning and Censorship:
Kathleen said, "I'm afraid that, as a doctor of education and a teacher, I come to these subjects at not only an educated level, but also a very emotional one. Recently I read a Facebook post about the destruction of book kiosks in Alexandria, Egypt by the "new..." more
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:21:29 PM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled Why Do You Write?:
Kathleen said, "I'm offering a workshop for writers in October at a local craft center. While putting together elements I wanted to look at in the workshop, I got back to basics. Many people write, but why? What are their motivations to take up the most lonely..." more
Friday, August 10, 2012 1:06:20 PM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled Nerves:
Kathleen said, "My jittery self has been putting off sending out another story, "Kari No-Name", until, finally, I had to let it go or go nuts. I re-wrote the first chapter probably 20 times, and still I thought I could do better. And perhaps I could have, but there..." more
Saturday, June 30, 2012 5:40:56 AM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled Writing, Changes and Fear:
Kathleen said, "I've been working on a story for what seems like years to me now. The idea of a young girl searching for her identity as a Hopi Indian was, and still is, I think, a good idea for a story. But after I finished writing it, I was not excited, not moved..." more
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:33:44 AM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled :
Kathleen said, "There's nothing quite so exciting for an author as their first book signing event. I've had two now and more are coming up...all in Tennessee for now. Maybe some time in the future I'll have one or two in other states. But what is really exciting is..." more
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 11:12:01 AM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled :
Kathleen said, "I'm thrilled to post two wonderful reviews of my new book Voyage of Dreams, An Irish Memory."Voyage of Dreams"...the story of Tess Doherty, is an odyssey of love, pain, fear, sadness and hope. Young teens will identify with Tess's struggle to find,..." more
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:56:19 AM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled :
Kathleen said, "http://www.celticcatpublishing.comMy latest book, Voyage of Dreams, An Irish Memory, is now available at Celtic Cat Publishing."
Sunday, April 8, 2012 8:18:00 AM
Kathleen Fearing added Voyage of Dreams: An Irish Memory to her Bookshelf
Kathleen said, "A young girl in 1903 Ireland dreams of studying music. Family responsibilities lead her to believe this will never happen. Then an unimaginable tragedy opens a door that may make her dream come true."
Sunday, April 1, 2012 10:39:59 AM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled A Poem for Today:
Kathleen said, "I love poetry...not outrageous, obscure poetry that no one can understand but the poet, but poems that say what's in our hearts. Here's one from my soon to be published book "Mornings by the River".A New DayYesterday began with thunder,it..." more
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:11:53 AM
Kathleen Fearing wrote a blog post titled New Projects:
Kathleen said, "New projects!! Well, I'm actually going through some stories that I'd written some time ago and that were sitting there looking at me each time I opened up my "Works in Progress" file. I've been trying to finish one of them, but I'm up against a..." more
Thursday, October 9, 2014 5:55:37 AM
Kathleen Fearing added Desert Ghosts, A Perilous Journey Into the Past to Find the Future to her Bookshelf
Kathleen said, "A young Hopi Indian girl treks into the desert with her dying grandmother to find her true Hopi name. What she finds, and loses there, changes her life forever."