by Cheryl Pallant | Mar 1, 2018 | Blog, writing
Whether you write in a journal or write with the intention of publishing your work, it’s important to know your motivation for writing. I ask this of every client I coach. Why write? Why engage in an activity that is inherently challenging and could be replaced by an...
by Cheryl Pallant | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog, meditation
The driver who took me back and forth between the hotel and school in Ipoh Malaysia where I taught shared a surprising observation. “Good meditation practice,” he said. “How do you know I meditate,” I asked. “I see the colors in your aura,” he replied. Until then, we...
by Cheryl Pallant | Sep 8, 2017 | Blog, S. Korea
A benefit of working with an Indie Press such as Big Table Publishing is contributing to the design of the book cover. For Ginseng Tango, my travel memoir on South Korea due out in October, I chose the amazing book designer Robert Smith who created previous covers for...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog, writing
This post originally appeared on This Land on October 24, 2014. On October 25, 1914, banker John Allyn Smith and schoolteacher Martha Little welcomed their first of two sons, John Allyn Smith Jr.—now known to the world as John Berryman. Berryman was born in...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog, writing
w w wwwithtt tThis post originally appeared on This Land on March 3, 2015. I moved off campus my junior year at Long Island University into a second-floor room of a home in the cheerful village of Sea Cliff, one square mile of artists, Victorian architecture, and a...
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...
