Elisa won Minnesota History Center’s Flash Mystery Contest
My short story "John Olaf Todahl and the Petrified Man" won the Minnesota History Center's Flash Mystery Contest. It is based on the live story I tell in my Minnesota's Ordinarily Unsung Concert about the Petrified Man of Bloomer, Minnesota. I added the perspective of...
The Gratitude of Relationship Moments
I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness recently. Not that I haven’t thought about it before: as someone prone to depression, it’s one of the topics I think about most. But recently, I have been thinking about happiness in terms of the small moments in one’s life...
Excerpt from Hundred Miles to Nowhere – Chapter Three
PRAISE FOR Elisa Korenne's debut book Hundred Miles to Nowhere: An Unlikely Love Story. “Big city girl marries a small town guy—that story. But never more engagingly told than in Hundred Miles to Nowhere. It’s full of humor, heart, and in the end proves that love...
The Grace of an Old Man Playing Basketball in the Park
When I passed the old man shooting baskets alone on the neighborhood basketball court, my foot did a double take on the brake pedal. The man’s back and shoulders were hunched with age. The fraying sleeves of his utility jacket bunched up as he aimed the ball,...
July Newsletter Goodies
Here are the links for the July Newsletter: Smatterings Books: This month I discovered the mystery writer Laura Joh Rowland and her Sano Ichiro novels, incredible historical mysteries set in feudal Japan with rich plots and evocative description. I also revisited the...
July Oddball of the Month: Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
This month I chose as the featured oddball a woman whose story was a hit from my newest live show, "Crazy About You: Sifting for Sanity in the History of the Insane." Elizabeth Packard was a nineteenth-century oddball--and I say this with great respect--mostly in the...
Hundred Miles to Nowhere Book Launch Photo Essay by Elisa Korenne
Many thanks to Krista Rolfzen Soukup of Blue Cottage Agency for the photos, among all the other things she does.
Not Boring Book Show features Hundred Miles to Nowhere
My first ever podcast is with the lovely Stacy Verdick Case and Angela Halgrimson on the Not Boring Book Show. Listen here.
Guest post by Book Launch Attendee Susan Ready
This past weekend was an incredible (and packed) collection of events for me, including the debut of my show about mental illness "Crazy About You: Sifting for Sanity in the History of the Insane" and the official Book Launch party for Hundred Miles to Nowhere. Since...
Interview of Elisa by Sue Ready
Writer and poet Sue Ready prepared for her article about Hundred Miles to Nowhere by sending me a round of questions. Her article will be published separately, but I loved the back and forth of our Q&A. Sue gave me permission to publish it here. Thanks so much,...
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