Today is the first day of K-Fest 2018 in Killorglin, Ireland. For anyone who happens to be in the neighbourhood, I’d pop by if I were you. It is a colourful gathering of creative people showing the world – well, at least part of it – what they have been doing artwise. I can’t make it this year, which makes me really sad, but hey, there’s always next year.
Sometimes prose just doesn’t suffice. Sometimes you need poetry to wrap your head around the world. Last weekend something happened that required poetry badly. Here’s a poem for a poet.
I like presents! Not only to get, but also to give… Today I’ve got a present for all those children who like a good story. It is about Bing and Bibi’s granny. Her name is Granny Thea and she is quite an extraordinary grandma. And that is putting it mildly. Is your grandma always calm, sensible and predictable?
I never asked her, but I can imagine that Maria had plenty of moments when she wished she’d never promised my mother to take care of me. I wouldn’t blame her. For these first months with me must have been horrendous.
In the prologue on the story of Roundy Fatmouse I told you how I met Roundy. His godmother Maria asked me to take him under my wing so he fulfill the role he was to play in the world. Below you find his memoires. And logically they start at the beginning: his birth.
Even though you have worked really hard to create a book and you know that were really pleased with it the moment that you sent it into the world, it is always great to hear that others agree. Especially when those others are highly rated in the literary world. You can therefore imagine that I was on cloud nine when I read the review in the Netherlands – the one that NBD Biblion publishes – and the reviewer turned out to be raving enthousiastic about the book. Below you can find the translation:
Welcome to the website of Emma Storris, air monger, versatile author, dream creator, earth warrior writer and roots healer. Some of these titles might not ring bells right away. So I will also describe myself in (rather more boring) standardised terms: I am a writer, story teller, (life) artist, teacher and holistic healer (of people and earth). My work has this one common thread: I want to make you think about life and your role in it. Does life really work the way you think it does? Is it the way you’d like it to be? Do you want to know more about me? When it comes to writing, I write both fiction and non-fiction. I also lecture and give inspirational speeches and workshops. Do you want to know about why I do all this? Check out the page on which I tell you more about what moves me.
Sometimes my message is at the forefront of my work, sometimes it is a bit more subtle. Therefore you find all sorts of blogs and columns on this website in which I challenge the current of society as we know it. At the same time I am the proud mother of Bing and Bibi, the main characters of my first children’s book, which features a world that is far from standard. Fantasy, right… or is it?
On this website you will find information about me, my work as writer and life coach and a bit about my other activities. You will also find plenty to read, both fiction and non-fiction.
If only one person is willing to look at the world differently after reading my work, I’m happy.
Emma Storris
I do not like sacred cows and dogma makes me feel itchy. My goal in all my work is to tease my audience into looking at everything from a beginner’s mind, without prejudices like that is not possible or that is not allowed.
I’m available for writing assignments. You can also book me for lectures and workshops on a wealth of subjects.
Get that kick in the but that will get you moving in the right direction!
Interested in my work or curious about the options for hiring me? Or do have something to share that might interest me? Do get in touch with me!
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