Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Author: Cynthia Harrison
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Whole Cooking, And Why
As a writer, I am used to making “write” my default activity when I am not reading or sleeping. But as I aged I pay more attention to my health, and in the USA much of that involves cooking to avoid chemicals and other nasty additives. I was raised by a teenage mom who had…
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Curable Dementia
Revisions on my mystery novel are going slow but I’m getting there. Everything after brain surgery is slow as my mind reorganizes. This happens. It’s normal after brain surgery. I enjoy it. My mind is in a phase of particular neuroplasticity and by repetition I can perhaps influence how it rearranges the furniture in my…
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All the Ways Forward
Although my central nervous system is busy rewiring itself, some things have never left. My love of reading, and particularly memoir (something I was able to parse even after I could no longer grok fiction). Memoirs by writers, about writing, remained steadfast through my battle with NPH. (Big thanks to Harlan Coben for writing this…
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Starting Again
I have been on quite a trip. A medical journey through a brain issue that I now understand is shared by Billy Joel. He’s very lucky to have the funds to get lots of help trekking through this long strange disorder of the mind. Having used LSD in my misspent youth a time or two…
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Love the Regency
I’m not going to market my recent novel in December. I did a few things, missed other opportunities, and decided to hire a pubicist in 2024. Oh and my son showed me how to update my new website 🙂 I took notes! I’m currently revising an historical holiday novella (my first!) due February 2024. It’s…