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Claire Polders

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  • Events,  On Writing

    The Art of Revision

    Inspired by multiple fundraising events in my neighborhood in Hoi An, I decided to donate my time and teach a writing class for the many authors that happen to live here.

  • On Writing,  Wander, Wonder, Write

    Skopelos: To Write or Not to Write

    I won’t write about my month on Skopelos because if I did,I would have to tell you how lucky I feel to wake up each day to a view of the sea, which is always and never the same, and…

  • On Writing,  Wander, Wonder, Write

    Like the Water

    I’m writing at a dressing table placed in front of the open French doors of our bedroom overlooking the Aegean Sea. D is writing under an umbrella on the terrace. I watch him at times, and he looks as though…

  • Life,  On Writing

    The Reality about Writing a Blog

    The reality about writing a blog is that it’s not reality-writing. A blog is not an all inclusive diary. It may be a slice of life and it may be all true, yet it’s never the entire truth.

  • On Writing,  Wander, Wonder, Write

    Writing a Blog: Over-Indulgence, Added Bonus, or Something Else?

    The narcissism intrinsic to diaries and auto-interviews; the delusional aspect of talking to yourself; the arrogance of conception, realization, publication, thinking you have something valuable to share; the deep-rooted vanity of a so-called struggling author to expose herself, her anxieties,…

  • On Writing,  Wander, Wonder, Write

    It’s All About the Questions

    My knuckles, wrists, and knees are bruised. I have cuts and magic marker stains all over my hands. I wake up in the middle of the night, heart pounding, certain that the mover will arrive in one hour and not…

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About Me

  • ‣ Currently in: USA
  • ‣ Arrived from: Vietnam
  • ‣ Next destination: Unknown
  • ‣ Born in: the Netherlands
  • ‣ Blogging since: 2005
  • ‣ Novels Published: 5

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