by Cheryl Pallant | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog, writing
This excerpt of my travel memoir Ginseng Tango originally appeared in This Land on August 25, 2015. You can learn more about Ginseng Tango on its book page. I check my email before going to bed and find a message from my ex-husband with “Sad News” in the...
by Cheryl Pallant | Apr 14, 2017 | writing
RVA Litcrawl was birthed in a period of distraction. I was busy writing my book on somatics due in a few months and paused from tapping at the keyboard. Out of habit, I checked out Facebook. I learned that friends in Denver were taking part in a litcrawl. What fun! A...
by Cheryl Pallant | Mar 29, 2017 | dance
An act of love like so many books, Contact Improvisation: an Introduction to a Vitalizing Dance came out in print in 2006 after several years of writing. It took that long because I interviewed so many dancers around the country and abroad. I wrote the book because I...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jan 18, 2017 | healing touch, poetry
Every now and then, a writer fulfills a dream, perhaps winning a prize or meeting an admired fellow writer. Last May I received contracts for three books from three publishers. Not one, but three acceptances within weeks of each other! This was not on my dream list,...
by Cheryl Pallant | Apr 21, 2016 | energy healing, healing touch
We may believe that illness and pain happen to us. A migraine, a cold, or a fever erupts. A car strikes us and we suffer broken ribs and a concussion. We receive a diagnosis of cancer. We are passive recipients of misfortune. Our life gets complicated with this snarl...
