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Laura Monagan

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Laura Monagan is a writer, educator, and lifelong adventurer who believes in the power of story to illuminate courage, connection, and the surprising places we find home.

Her memoir, A Strange Place Called Home: My Walk Across America on the Great Peace March , chronicles her journey on foot across the United States—a transformative experience that set the tone for the rest of her writing life. She is also the author of two novels: The Unaccompanied Tour , a mother-daughter reunion story unfolding in the shadow of a nuclear holocaust, and Blues for the Unsung Queen , a richly imagined historical novel that brings Queen Dido of Carthage to life.

The spark for Blues for the Unsung Queen ignited while Laura was living in Tunisia, no
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Laura Monagan Somebody once commented that writing is the only profession where people think it's perfectly acceptable to have a "block." Nobody else is allowed to …moreSomebody once commented that writing is the only profession where people think it's perfectly acceptable to have a "block." Nobody else is allowed to wake up in the morning and complain that they can't go to work because they have dentist or auto mechanic or software programmer or fire fighter block. I routinely start my writing session by going back and reading aloud the last passage I worked on. Or, I just dive into any part of the story and read a few paragraphs. That gets the juices flowing. By the way, I think the Coen brothers' movie, "Barton Fink," has the best depiction of writer's block I've ever seen. The message is clear: the answer to writer's block is all around you. (less)
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The Unaccompanied Tour

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