I flew into cold, snowy Chicago last week to discuss my book at the main facility of Erie Family Health Centers. This felt like a dream as I stood behind the lectern gazing at the audience that, believe it or not, included a few familiar faces from some thirty years ago. I had been invited…… Continue reading Back to where it started: Chicago
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Nursing Truths for a New Era: Author Interview with Marianna Crane
Originally posted on The Practice of Creativity:
Happy new year, everyone! It feels especially poignant to begin the first post of the year with a special Author Q&A. More than a decade ago, before I formally began my coaching practice, I taught creativity workshops at UNC-Chapel Hill’s The Friday Center. They had a thriving adult…
Countdown to Publication Date: Two Weeks
My book has been printed in advance of the November 6thpublication date. Twenty were shipped to Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, North Carolina. This past Saturday the bookstore hosted an Author Speed Dating Dinner as part of the first Wake Forest Lit Fest. Proceeds from the event will support distribution of children’s books to…… Continue reading Countdown to Publication Date: Two Weeks
COUNTDOWN TO PUBLICATION DATE: THREE WEEKS
This past week I promoted my book. Monday, after a class I attended on public speaking, I collared a woman who had also attended the lecture as she exited the ladies room. “How will you use the information?” I asked. She told me she had planned to start a class for widows on ways to…… Continue reading COUNTDOWN TO PUBLICATION DATE: THREE WEEKS
Kirkus Review
My book, Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic, received a positive Kirkus Review. A good review a best seller does not make. I have been busy, along with my publicist, lining up ways to promote the book. I find none of this easy. In retrospect, writing the book may have been the easy part. “In this…… Continue reading Kirkus Review
Marv Roelofs and Apple Sauce
Making applesauce sort of represents living life to the fullest. I think prayer is sometimes about asking God to let us do what we can and enjoy ourselves. Picking apples and making applesauce has made me do that. —Marv Roelofs I called Marv soon after he received the diagnosis of Stage IV Small Cell…… Continue reading Marv Roelofs and Apple Sauce
My Book is on Amazon
Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic: A Nurse Practitioner Remembers Paperback – November 6, 2018 by Marianna Crane (Author) Running a clinic for seniors requires a lot more than simply providing medical care. In Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic, Marianna Crane chases out scam artists and abusive adult children, plans a funeral, signs her own name to social security checks,…… Continue reading My Book is on Amazon
A Story You Won’t Soon Forget
For the past ten years, I wrote my book in isolation. Long hours in front of my computer at my home, or a coffee shop, library and on Amtrak traveling between our home in North Carolina to Washington DC or New York City, and in other spaces I can’t remember. Wherever the location, I rarely…… Continue reading A Story You Won’t Soon Forget
Dream Deferred
Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does…… Continue reading Dream Deferred
Excerpts From My Book
My book will be published on November 6, 2018 by She Writes Press. I have changed the title over the course of writing the book so many times that I can’t give you a count. The latest one, and I do hope the final one, is Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic: A Nurse Practitioner…… Continue reading Excerpts From My Book
Getting Older: Charting the Uncharted 