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Writings and Readings Blog

Madhu Bazaz Wangu

Reviews and Ratings

Early Reviews:

Posted on April 10, 2023
in Being in Nature, Journaling, Meditation, Online Mindful Writers Group, Reading, Travel, Writing
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EARLY REVIEWS FOR UNBLOCK YOUR CREATIVE FLOW Dear Mindful Writers, your response for my recent work has overwhelmed me. I am so grateful! Lorraine Bonzelet, Deborah Catanese, Jennifer D. Diamond, Karen Fatica Geiger, Kimberly Hon Kurth-Gray, Hilary Hauck, Eileen Enwright Hodgetts, Sherren Elias Pensiero, Fritze Roberts, James J Robinson Jr., and Martha Swiss for five star reviews! Carol Schoenig and Linda Schmitmeyer for five star ratings! Thank you so much to all of you for posting your gracious five star reviews for UNBLOCK YOUR CREATIVE FLOW: 12 MONTHS OF MINDFULNESS FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS at Goodreads! If anyone else has read the book and would like to post a rating or a review please post it at: Goodreads: https://rb.gy/lluw8 BookBub: https://tinyurl.com/yc22mu9x Barnes and Noble: https://tinyurl.com/mr24djxy Rakuten Kobo: https://tinyurl.com/2p8yt732 Apple iBooks With love, Madhu ...

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Day dream in your journal: Just write!

Just Begin!

Posted on March 31, 2023
in Writing
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Sit comfortably, type on your laptop or handwrite in your journal, just begin! Words will come--slowly but certainly. You’re ready. I know it. You know it. You’ve come to grips with the truth—that far too often you let your emotions, moods, and obstacles direct your writing process and progress. I know life can be really hard and you have many things vying for your attention, but you owe your writing it’s due as well as everything else. So, do yourself a favor and preorder UNBLOCK YOUR CREATIVE FLOW: 12 MONTHS OF MINDFULNESS FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS now! It’s a comprehensive plan with me as your personal guide, walking you through the process of changing your frame of mind in order to change the way you approach your work. The world deserves to...

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Tools to Unblock Creativity

Unblock Your Creative Flow: Preorder

Posted on March 24, 2023
in Being in Nature, Journaling, Meditation, Online Mindful Writers Group, Reading, Travel, Writing
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Writer friends: Are you tired of slogging through another half-finished manuscript or being weighed under all the excuses for not getting started? What is ailing your writing life? If you are finally ready to take your desire to write a book all the way to “The End,” I have written a guidebook that would lead you to your “cure.” Preorder link: http://amzn.to/3yk1hst My latest book, UNBLOCK YOUR CREATIVE FLOW: 12 MONTHS OF MINDFULNESS FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS and all who want to live a better life will guide you to learn the Five Disciplines that will make your dream come true!  Hilary Hauck writes, “Mindful Writing Practice has transformed my creative process and this book will elevate it higher still.” Eileen Enwright Hodgetts calls, UNBLOCK YOUR CREATIVE FLOW “A Life-changing volume” that unlocks“not just...

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Cover Reveal

Posted on March 15, 2023
in Journaling
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I’m thrilled to share the cover of, "Unblock Your Creative Flow, 12 Months of Mindfulness for Writers and Artists."  The release date is April 22 but you can reserve your copies by pre-ordering here: https://rb.gy/fd74ikThis is the last day to enter the contest. Go to my Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/madhubazazwangu to participate in a giveaway. When you follow the page, share the good news about pre-order, or write a comment you will be automatically entered for the contest. Thank you so much for your interest!  With love and gratitude, Madhu Unblock Your Creative Flow: 12 Months of Mindfulness for Writers and Artists. ...

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Cover reveal of my book, UNBLOCK YOUR CREATIVE FLOW

Cover Reveal!

Posted on March 13, 2023
in Journaling
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I'm utterly delighted to share with you the sneak peek of the cover of my book, Unblock Your Creative Flow, 12 Months of Mindfulness for Writers and Artists, to be released in April.  Please share the good news with your family and friends. I’ll reveal the whole front cover on Wednesday.  As always, with love and gratitude! Madhu ...

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Award Winner

The Other Shore

Posted on February 15, 2023
in Online Mindful Writers Group, Reading
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My recent collection of short stories, THE OTHER SHORE won the Feathered Quill Book Award! Available at: https://cutt.ly/A3AA74D In this story collection, we meet ordinary people who grapple with extraordinary challenges—a precarious balance between the love of life, the inevitability of death and the connection between humans and nature. Some tales hover between reality and fantasy, while others make a comment about customs and tradition, social prejudice, altruism and kindness, ambitions and failures, and failures resulting in transformation. The stories come alive with characters of Indian descent, their American friends, and people living all around the globe. "Madhu Bazaz Wangu is part gentle guru, part teasing sprite, and part firm realist in this wide-ranging collection of lovely stories. I read The Other Shore with considerable pleasure, and the pages turned easily and quickly....

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Inner Mentor and Guide

Posted on February 6, 2023
in Journaling, Meditation, Online Mindful Writers Group
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I came across this quote by Rumi several years ago. It has struck deep at my thinking heart and feeling mind. The more I read it the deeper it penetrates within. It has hued my beliefs and values with meaning. Hope having read it you too would continue to reflect upon it and feel connection with your true self. I call that Authentic Self, my inner mentor and guide. ...

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God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

Posted on January 15, 2023
in Meditation
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I fondly recall the popular aphorisms my father often quoted to ingrain lessons in us. “Nip the evil in the bud,” “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,” “Never stop learning” and so on. The one that came recently to the mind is, “God helps those who help themselves.” This is because I’ve been putting as much effort in healing myself as my healthcare workers did and are doing.  How much effort you, as a patient, put in the pre-operative and post-operative doctors’ recommendations makes hell of a difference in your complete recovery. The exercises to prepare for the surgery, physical therapy exercises, taking prescribed medications timely including painkillers, nutritious food and plenty of sleep must become essential part of your day.  For me, first week...

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