France… NOTRE DAME DE PARIS REOPENS 6 Dec 2024 On April 15, 2019, a fire ravaged Notre Dame de Paris. I'll never forget the sight of flames shooting from the roof and the collapse of the great spire. Saddened…
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Advice for Travelers… Demystifying The French with Janet Hulstrand 21 Mar 201917 Mar 2019 Many of you will recall Janet Hulstrand from the interview session we had exactly three years ago. For those of you unfamiliar with it, click here to read the full…
Uncategorized Chatting with Author Karin Knappstein Doglioni 22 Jun 201722 Jun 2017 In October of 2010, six writers (five students and one teacher) descended on a little town in France called Essoyes. Below: Outside Janet's French Ranch in Essoyes 2010, Janet…
Uncategorized Paris and Storyhouse 11 Aug 201613 Apr 2024 I have some exciting news to share with you all. But I don't want to overwhelm you with it all at once. (I know. A bit of a tease.) However, you…
Uncategorized Writing From the Heart with Janet Hulstrand 21 Mar 201613 Apr 2024 I write. It is what I do, who I am in my core. This statement took a long time to grow into maturity within me. It may have incubated from…
Uncategorized What is it like to live with a writer–or ten? 1 Nov 20158 Nov 2015 Writers have been portrayed as being difficult to live with within most communities. Eccentric, demanding, prone to the lifestyle of a hermit, we still reach out for a collective group of likeminded…
Uncategorized Ten Reasons Why Writers Love France 15 Jan 20158 Nov 2015 Writers have always found solace and inspiration within the French culture and among its people. Americans, especially, have a rich history of flocking to Paris to exercise their creativity. In the…
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