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Sana Szewczyk

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Born

Poland

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Genre

Memoir, Fiction, Contemporary

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Isabel Allende, Gabriel García Márquez, Roma Ligocka, Thomas Mann, Mik ...more

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June 2012

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Sana Szewczyk, a native of Poland, earned a bachelor's degree in English Literature and Linguistics from Indiana University and Master of Business Administration in Human Resources Management from Indiana Institute of Technology. Her stories have appeared in over sixty publications including: Hope Throughout Cancer, Warren Weekly, The Herald Press, The Paper of Wabash County, The Oak Leaves, The Allegheny Review, Beyond the Diaper Bag, and Break The Cycle books. Her first collection of stories, "Under a Ginkgo Tree & Other Stories," was released in February 2012. She lives in Indiana with her husband and two children. ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

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I just start writing random paragraphs, I that I may use later, or not.

Also, I definitely use my time well. When I have moments of inspiration, I star…more
I just start writing random paragraphs, I that I may use later, or not.

Also, I definitely use my time well. When I have moments of inspiration, I start writing in my notebook or on my computer (sometimes just key words and ideas that I can explore later).

I also watch movies about writers and painters. I recently watched a movie about Georgia O'Keeffe after visiting Ghost Ranch during my trip to New Mexico.

It's like watching HGTV for hours and then going out and just "checking out" some paint colors and finding yourself painting the whole room.
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What are you currently working on?

Sana Szewczyk Currently, I am working on another selection of short stories related to my travels to and around New Mexico, "In the Heart of the Desert."

I primarily…moreCurrently, I am working on another selection of short stories related to my travels to and around New Mexico, "In the Heart of the Desert."

I primarily focus on:

~ Unique locations, anywhere from Carlsbad Caverns to Kesha Kutawe Tent Rocks National Monument

~ Unique people, such as when I met the famous guitarist, Esteban

And, of course, I also focus on family. I want to make sure that in the future my own children will learn more about our family, their identities, and their life stories from these literary sketches.
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Under a Ginkgo Tree and Other Stories
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“I believe that each person has a favorite place, a tree, a mountain, or a beach which they want to come back to, even if the return can only take place in the boundaries of their imagination.”
― Sana Szewczyk, Under a Ginkgo Tree and Other Stories

tags: home, immagination, immigrant-experience, immigrants, places, poland, polish, return

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“The voice was full of satisfaction with the things we had achieved, sadness for the life we had left behind, and hope for the unknown future. I could feel my heart beating strong and fast under my right hand. I wondered if anyone else could hear the beating of my heart. It felt like the integrated pulse of many hearts beating steadily together in this room at that very moment.”
― Sana Szewczyk, Under a Ginkgo Tree and Other Stories

tags: immigrant-experience, immigrants, immigration, poland, polish, voice

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“On the way out through the steel door, as I held Makenzie in my arms, I wondered if she could use her "Dorothy shoes" to take us safely home, if I just held on to her tightly. Then I asked myself: Where is home, really? I hoped that now I would know.”
― Sana Szewczyk, Under a Ginkgo Tree and Other Stories

tags: country, family, home, poland, polish, traditions

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

tags: life

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: charles-bayard-mitchell

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey