Tessa Floreano
What roots mean to me
Autumn of 2015, I was inspired to enter a contest sponsored by Oberon Wines. The theme was, "What do roots mean to you?" I wrote 1100...
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Tessa Floreano
May 24, 20153 min read
Saramago, the sandanielese, and me
Jose Saramago, Portuguese novelist and 1998 Nobel Prize winner for literature, gave a most wonderful speech, of which, I quote in part...
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Tessa Floreano
May 3, 20154 min read
The sensuality of words
Italo Calvino, a writer I admire, once said, "A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say." Each one of us...
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Tessa Floreano
Mar 5, 20151 min read
The musings of a writing life, with and without libations
I hope you enjoy this piece I wrote for Hedgebrook's blog. #hedgebrook #equivox #deborahharkness #worldstorytellingday
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Tessa Floreano
Feb 6, 20152 min read
Silent date night: A curious evening of reading and writing
Pulling up to the Italianate architecture of our hotel on a rain-soaked weeknight, we were welcomed into an almond-stained, wood-panelled...
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Tessa Floreano
Dec 31, 20143 min read
Arrivederci 2014, Benvenuto 2015!
Goodbye last year, ring in the new year! It's been almost a month since my last blog post, post-NaNoWriMo, so this a long, but good one,...
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Tessa Floreano
Dec 2, 20141 min read
Life, post-NaNoWriMo
Ahhh, my kinda-normal looking desk after 30 days of write-write-writing craziness. But it was good for me. I needed it. I came away...
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Tessa Floreano
Dec 1, 20143 min read
Ode to a mentor and thank you NaNoWriMo 2014
Growing up Warnick. That was going to be the title of my mentor's book, but it's not to be. You see, Kyle Warnick passed away in a tragic...
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Tessa Floreano
Nov 23, 20141 min read
NaNo desk Week 3
Note the remnants of a NaNo-required Pepsi and a fresh, cool glass of Domaine de Pouy--one to get me through the afternoon, one to get me...
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Tessa Floreano
Nov 15, 20141 min read
NaNo desk Week 2
The desk is getting messier and instead of cleaning it, I took time out last Sunday to watch the Seattle Seahawks play against the New...
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Tessa Floreano
Nov 8, 20141 min read
NaNo desk Week 1
In a recent Mashable.com article, the writer asked, "Do you have two different colors of sticky notes at hand? A cold Coke at 4 p.m.? A...
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Tessa Floreano
Nov 4, 20141 min read
NaNoWriMo Live at the Seattle Public Library
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to have dozens, nay, hundreds of people watch you write, wonder no more. Gabriella Frank, a...
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Tessa Floreano
Nov 1, 20141 min read
The unofficial Book Lover's Day
It's November 1st and the History Channel seems to have deemed it the unofficial Book Lover's Day. The true National Book Lover's Day was...
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Tessa Floreano
Oct 31, 20141 min read
HalloNaNoween
Photo editing courtesy of Google Plus In honor of the great pumpkin goddess, my third NaNoWriMo, and the happy occasion of Samhain, I've...
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Tessa Floreano
Oct 30, 20141 min read
Living stories of Friuli
The best stories aren't told, or heard, or even seen. They are experienced. ~Amy Hartzler Recently, Jonah Sachs, CEO of freerange.com,...
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Tessa Floreano
Oct 27, 20141 min read
Prepping for NaNoWriMo
Less than a week until the next novelling November is upon us (eek!). There's no HalloNaNoWeen at Denny's this year however, I'll still...
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Tessa Floreano
Oct 24, 20142 min read
Me, Emily Carr, and NaNoWriMo
Emily Carr, forest lover and Canadian icon, wrote in her journal about the job of a writer: "You yourself are nothing, only a channel for...
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Tessa Floreano
Oct 20, 20141 min read
The craft of romance writing. All. Weekend. Long.
My first time at a romance writer's conference, and I have to say, the Emerlad City Writers' Conference committee as well as their...
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Tessa Floreano
Oct 15, 20142 min read
People person, introvert, or mythobane?
MFS #1 is the nickname I have for my sister and it means, Most Favorite Sister #1. She's my only sister and I love her dearly, but that's...
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Tessa Floreano
Oct 14, 20143 min read
Genealogia Italiana
I was so fortunate to attend a recent talk by Janet O'Conor Camarata at the Fiske Library about researching your Italian roots. Since...
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