by Paula Wagner | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog, Essays
“You make the path by walking on it.” — Antonio Machado In writing Newcomers in an Ancient Land – the story of my youthful quest for adventure, love and self-discovery in 1960’s Israel – one of my biggest challenges was figuring out how to keep readers engaged through...
by Paula Wagner | Dec 1, 2019 | Blog, Excerpt
I shuddered at the thought of venomous vipers, as snakes were called. But darkness had long since fallen and I could no longer put off finding a place to sleep. The youth hostel was full, my fair weather English friends were sleeping on the beach, and I’d finally...
by Paula Wagner | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog, Excerpt
The Negev Desert was a land of extremes – by day a white-hot griddle; by night a blackened skillet; at dawn a copper pot; at dusk a painted gourd. Its unforgiving rocks and sharp scent reminded me of my early childhood in Texas and Kansas, where the harshness of the...
by Paula Wagner | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog, Excerpt
The Israel that greeted me on that distant, dusty road no longer exists except in memory. Today, parts of the Promised Land have been paved over to such an extent that the life and landscape of the early sixties in this story may sound fantastical. Humming freeways...
by Paula Wagner | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog, Excerpt
I couldn’t resist the beauty of the nocturnal sky as I crept up on deck alone. A shimmering canopy of stars arched over the cobalt sea, falling to the horizon like a fishnet tugged tight by unseen hands. Flying fish played in the ship’s wake, their silvery tails...
by Paula Wagner | Sep 1, 2019 | Blog, Excerpt
As a young woman my mother had made her own Atlantic crossing to bring my sister and me from England to America. Our parents had met in the midst of World War II, when Dad was an American GI stationed in Britain and Mom was coordinating live entertainment for the Rosy...
Keeping Readers Engaged on a Journey Through TimeSeptember 14, 2020“You make the path by walking on it.” — Antonio […]No Comments
NEWCOMERS IN AN ANCIENT LAND EXCERPT – CHAPTER 15: Night in EilatDecember 1, 2019I shuddered at the thought of venomous vipers, as […]No Comments