Karen Hugg, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/karenhugg/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:20:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How the Idea of a Flower That Makes You Forget Grew Into a Novel http://booksbywomen.org/how-the-idea-of-a-flower-that-makes-you-forget-grew-into-a-novel/ http://booksbywomen.org/how-the-idea-of-a-flower-that-makes-you-forget-grew-into-a-novel/#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2019 04:57:07 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=27226 Plants are smart little creatures. We don’t generally think of them as creatures but in some ways, they are. They’re animate beings that know what they’re doing from day to day. They grow toward the light, they take in water, make their own food, communicate, and migrate. They’ve even learned how to adeptly procreate. Part […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/how-the-idea-of-a-flower-that-makes-you-forget-grew-into-a-novel/feed/ 0 27226 When My Cat Died and Came Back to Life, I Did What Any Writer Would Do http://booksbywomen.org/when-my-cat-died-and-came-back-to-life-i-did-what-any-writer-would-do-by-karen-hugg/ http://booksbywomen.org/when-my-cat-died-and-came-back-to-life-i-did-what-any-writer-would-do-by-karen-hugg/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:36:45 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=24882 Recently, Senator Tammy Duckworth mentioned her “Alive Day” anniversary on Twitter. She said, “Today is my Alive Day, the anniversary of the day I almost died but didn’t.” She went on to describe how 14 years earlier, an RPG hit the helicopter she was piloting in Iraq. She lost both of her legs. But instead of […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/when-my-cat-died-and-came-back-to-life-i-did-what-any-writer-would-do-by-karen-hugg/feed/ 2 24882 Awakening the Muse Through Meditation http://booksbywomen.org/awakening-the-muse-through-meditation-by-karen-hugg/ http://booksbywomen.org/awakening-the-muse-through-meditation-by-karen-hugg/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2016 21:16:52 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16936 Many of us know the nature of meditation is to sit and relax, focus on one’s breath, and clear the mind, but I’ve found meditation can do just the opposite for creativity. By that I don’t mean I meditate to stress out and create a web of random thoughts, but rather to open a calm […]

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