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Anne Schroeder

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Winner of the 2019 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Historical Romance, Anne Schroeder describes herself as a calorically-challenged Aphrodite with an unmistakable fervor for life. Second of seven children, she was born in Ventura County, California, the subject of her recently re-released memoir, Branches on the Conejo Revisited.

She graduated from Cal Poly, SLO, with a husband and toddler in the first wave of the Sexual Revolution. Her memoir, Ordinary Aphrodite, is an adventure tale about a life of small steps. Her fiction and memoir have appeared in magazines and anthologies.

She is active in Women Writing the West and Western Writers of America. Her Central Coast Series, including Cholama Moon and Maria Ines, features well researched, c
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Anne Schroeder What's writer's block? If I can't write I drag myself down to a bench in town and people watch, or take a yellow tablet to a cafe and write free-flow …moreWhat's writer's block? If I can't write I drag myself down to a bench in town and people watch, or take a yellow tablet to a cafe and write free-flow images onto the page. Building a writing brain is like building any muscle--it takes constant effort but it has to be fun or we won't do it.

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Anne Schroeder The realization that my words can change a person's life. I've had so many people tell me they cried, or laughed over my work. I've had 14 women tell …moreThe realization that my words can change a person's life. I've had so many people tell me they cried, or laughed over my work. I've had 14 women tell me they either stopped their divorce or returned to their ex husband after reading my memoir, Ordinary Aphrodite. That's the best feeling ever! (less)
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Why Did I Write NORSKE FIELDS?

“Write what should not be forgotten.”
—Isabel Allende
As a young woman I saw a photograph of my grandfather, Oscar Olsen, watching county workers exhume the coffins of his six young sisters and brother from an old family cemetery at the corner of Moorpark and Olsen Roads. Grandpa’s eyes held unfathomable pain of a brother remembering his long-ago childhood. I wanted to know those little girls and bo Read more of this blog post »
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Published on October 18, 2020 10:46 Tags: conejo-valley, norwegian-colony, norwegian-immigrants, wwi-history
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Anne Schroeder Anne Schroeder said: " Norske Fields is my own work. As a young woman I saw a photograph of my grandfather, Oscar Olsen, watching county workers exhume the coffins of his six young sisters and brother. Grandpa’s eyes held unfathomable pain of a brother remembering his long ...more "

 

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