BOOKS
* RAIN - poetry for children by a child, bilingual book in Bulgarian and English, a collection of poems I wrote when I was 10-12 years old. The illustrations are from children of similar ages, from around the world.
* What if? (Writer Shed Press, Vol.1, Oct 2019)
GUEST BLOGGER
* Pink Pangea - "On facing big decisions in life" , "And the Oscar goes to..."
* Growing one word at a time
* 42 minutes with Beth
* NBTA - cycling advocacy
* Growing one word at a time
* 42 minutes with Beth
* NBTA - cycling advocacy
INTERVIEWS
* A 40-year-old virgin
* CAREER JUMP! How to Successfully Change Your Professional Path - one career coach speaks of her life, work, and a brand-new book
* From ESL classes at the YMCA to publishing a novel—one exophonic writer’s journey
* A 40-year-old virgin
* CAREER JUMP! How to Successfully Change Your Professional Path - one career coach speaks of her life, work, and a brand-new book
* From ESL classes at the YMCA to publishing a novel—one exophonic writer’s journey
REVIEWS
* Pink Pangea - Workshop review
* IMDB - "The Holidays" movie review
SCIENCE
* Spatial heterogeneity of reflected radiance from globally distributed clouds
* Temporal co-registration for TROPOMI cloud clearing
* More science writing
COPYWRITING
* AirB&B rental properties descriptions (samples upon request)
* AirB&B rental properties descriptions (samples upon request)
WHY I WRITE?
When I write I return to myself. Yet, I also reach out to stir a conversation, to share an opinion, to reflect on life, to connect with you. I grew up behind the Iron curtain with the values of the Eastern bloc. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 reshaped the world and challenged my believes. I decided to see for myself what the Western world is all about. After a few futile attempts to visit Greece, Germany and the UK, armed with a PhD degree I found my way to the United States. It was the turn of the century, and a major turn in my life. Since then I also lived in the UK, the Netherlands, and Australia.
I write to share my stories, my observations, and to inspire you to think big, to dream big, to live big.
And if I can ease your day in any way along the way it's all the better!
Thanks to Nancy Jesse, a poet and short stories writer, I discovered the world of creative non-fiction. I learned to write from award-winning memoirists Beth Finke, David W. Berner, and Anette Gendler. I workshopped memoir pieces with Marion Roach Smith, Lily Danciger, and Mary Kay Shanley. Producer Rhonda J. Miller taught me the art of the interview. I have Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Off-Campus Writing Workshops, Story Studio Chicago, Creative Nonfiction Foundation, Chicago Writers Association, American Writers Museum, and Pink Pangea to thank for continuously honing my writing skills.
My pieces "What if?", "A Goat's Death", "A 40 year old virgin", "How?" and "Identity" won me the Chicago Literary Club Collyer Fellowship 2021-2023.
In 2023 I self-published "Rain - poetry for children by a child" - a collection of twelve poems I wrote when I was 10 year old child growin up in the Bulgarian countryside in the ‘80s. It' is a bilingual book aiming inspire creativity in children young and old.
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