Rebecca K. O'Connor

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Rebecca K. O'Connor

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Rebecca K. O’Connor is the author of We Were Wilder, Lift, Falcon’s Return, and several reference books on the natural world. She works for a conservation organization in her hometown.

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One More Winter: A Short Story

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Lift

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A Parrot for Life: Raising ...

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The Perfectly Trained Parrot

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We Were Wilder

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Rise: A Collection Inspired...

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Finches

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Far From Fearless

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Tiger, Tiger

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Welcome to the Written Bird

I am currently working on a book called, The Field Guide to Awe and every Sunday morning, I will be sharing a micro-essay, research I’ve encountered, and a simple exercise that has helped me and others discover awe through nature and art. Oh. And there’s likely to be birds because when isn’t there with me? I hope that you’ll stick with me and get a bit of encouragement to find your own moments of

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“Breaking, in modern psychology, 'learned helplessness.' This is where you crush an animal's desire to fight. Why is it that we believe broken things are tamed possessions?”
Rebecca K. O'Connor, Lift

“You can't forge a relationship with learned helplessness, you can only force one and it will always be tenuous. There is always the possibility the peregrine will rediscover the strength of his heart.”
Rebecca K. O'Connor, Lift

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“Breaking, in modern psychology, 'learned helplessness.' This is where you crush an animal's desire to fight. Why is it that we believe broken things are tamed possessions?”
Rebecca K. O'Connor, Lift

“You can't forge a relationship with learned helplessness, you can only force one and it will always be tenuous. There is always the possibility the peregrine will rediscover the strength of his heart.”
Rebecca K. O'Connor, Lift

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message 13: by William

William Hey Rebecca
Look forward to talking books
William Elliott Hazelgrove
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Rocket Man


message 12: by Bradley

Bradley I hope you are having a good day! =)

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Dreamsbane of Tamalor by Bradley James Simpson


message 11: by Jeannie

Jeannie Faulkner Barber Hi Rebecca and thanks for the add. I love your website. My sister has collected owls...anything to do with them in any shape or form...for years. I'll have to check out your book.
Blessings,
Jeannie


Jessie Terwilliger Thank you so much for adding me as a friend and I hope that you pick up my book sometime when you need a good read!

Happy reading,

Jessie Terwilliger


Jeremy I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me yesterday. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened to create so many messages. Some weird glitch.

Argh...this is terrible...

Again, I'm very sorry.

-Jeremy


Jeremy Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.

-Jeremy :)

P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
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Jeremy Hi Rebecca!

Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.

-Jeremy :)


message 6: by Jeremy (last edited Aug 25, 2016 01:58PM)

Jeremy Thanks for sharing, Rebecca! I've never read Winters Tale. I'll definitely check it out.

Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous fates, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.

-Jeremy :)


message 5: by Jeremy (last edited Aug 25, 2016 01:55PM)

Jeremy Hi Rebecca!

If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite book of all time?

Here’s wishing you a weekend filled with wacky whims, wonderful weirdness, and well-disposed werecats.

-Jeremy :)


message 4: by Ashley (last edited Aug 25, 2016 12:41PM)

Ashley Thanks, Rebecca. Always great to meet other authors and to see what they're reading. Your work looks absolutely fascinating.


message 3: by Daniel (last edited Aug 25, 2016 12:03PM)

Daniel Rebecca said,"I've yet to train an animal to write." Hey Rebecca, I'm a pilot and I do believe that I could teach a chimpanzee to fly.
Anyway, I'm here to say good luck to you on all those future books.


message 2: by Pia (last edited Aug 25, 2016 11:45AM)

Pia Rebecca - how are you? And how's your memoir? It's nice to see you here!


message 1: by Victoria (last edited Aug 25, 2016 11:33AM)

Victoria Patterson Hey Rebecca! So glad to find you here.


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