Beirut and Books, A Decade On

By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

The Virgin Bookstore in Beirut reopened its doors after the 2006 war and again and the 2008 demonstrations that shut them, expanding to three more Beirut shopping districts. Today it’s tweeting about Glow Pens and Whatzzup power banks: “Whatzzup power banks are unbeatable style pieces! one at $31.99! #GenerationFutureVM Full collection:… https://t.co/mpQuIbsTJY“ I bought a…

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7 Ways You Can Support Your Favorite Author

By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

So much has changed in the publishing world today, you may want to support your friend who has published a book, but you may not know how. Here are a few suggestions: Buy or rent their book. This one is pretty obvious. You can ask for a book in your local bookstore, in your local…

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Do You Have To Love A Character To Love A Book?

By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

Most of my readers have come to like them both (thus far), but you may find Qasim charming and Dianna wishy washy. Or you may find Qasim chauvinistic, even immoral and  Dianna relatable. One recent reader didn’t like Dianna because she felt Dianna was, well, wimpy at the beginning. I made a conscious decision as…

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What You Can Do To Support Differences

By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

As I’ve been speaking, people ask me how they can help, what they can do, to unite a nation, and world, that sometimes seems so divided. Here’s what I tell them: 1. Invite a person of another culture to your home. 2. If a person from another culture moves into your neighborhood, throw them a…

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Want to Know How I Write?

By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

When you spend a week with many gifted writers and erudite minds at a writer’s conference, it’s near impossible to focus on just one memory, but David Ryan’s craft talk on memory and consciousness will stay with me for a very long time. David is a musician who toured with a rock band, an avid…

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Finding the Truth in Nonfiction and Fiction

By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

In these days of bad news, fake news, and pejorative (difficult to confirm or to dispute but easy enough to argue about) broad strokes, I’m publishing a novel this summer that I hope turns this whirling macrocosm onto its microcosmic head. With an albeit fictitious more personal view of what can happen if we don’t…

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Politics, Passion, and Point of View By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

When I began writing The Shores of Our Souls, I knew my choice of point of view was critical. Point of view can make or break a story of interplay between cultures. I started the novel in my protagonist Dianna’s point of view. I’d always been fascinated by Scout’s point of view in Harper Lee’s…

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An Interview with Sacha Sterling

By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

I had a wonderful recent interview with Inspirational and empowerment coach Sacha Sterling. We spoke about my novel, my coaching, my life and my message:

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Creation + Innovation = Revolution

By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

Creation and Innovation. The terms are used loosely and frequently in both the Business and the Creative worlds. I’d almost say they’re trending. Yet we have many different definitions for them. Sometimes we use them as synonyms, other times, antonyms. So I was especially intrigued when my coach Kristen Joy Laig, The Book Ninja, held…

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All In Good Time

By Kathryn Brown Ramsperger

It’s taken me a while to write and publish my new novel The Shores of Our Souls. People wonder at my patience, but I tell them it’s all about timing. The story I’d tasked myself with was a complex, multi-layered one, which had to be told with clarity and objectivity. It took patience, sometimes patience…

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