Winslow Eliot

Biography

Award-winning author of suspenseful and romantic novels: PURSUED, HEAVEN FALLS, BRIGHT FACE OF DANGER, A PERFECT GEM, THE HAPPINESS CURE. I write a newsletter called "WriteSpa - An Oasis for Writers" which has been compiled into a book (plus WORKBOOK) called "WRITING THROUGH THE YEAR." Another non-fiction book is "WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THERE WAS NOTHING YOU HAD TO DO - Practices to create the life you want."
I teach high school English at a Waldorf school and I also write poetry, read Tarot cards, love belly-dancing, singing, and people.

Where to buy in print

Books

The Happiness Cure
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 54,060. Language: English. Published: June 5, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Happiness for sale! The Happiness Guru offers everyone’s dream... for a price. For Kairi, he offers even more. Much more. Will she bite? Will a charming stranger save her ... or lead her deeper into a trap? Is love better than happiness? As whirlwind events escalate, Kairi is plunged into intrigue and danger. She has to determine what happiness really means—for her.
Writing Through the Year - All Four Seasons
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 50,910. Language: English. Published: December 19, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » General self-help
Writing practices, musings, suggestions, support - these are what are offered at the WriteSpa - An Oasis for Writers. It's a refuge, a place where you can feel rejuvenated and encouraged. Somewhere that's fun, fulfilling, and will inspire serenity and nourishment in your writer's soul. "Writing Through the Year" is a compilation of WriteSpas to carry you through fifty-two weeks of writing pleasure
Writing Through The Year - Autumn
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 12,170. Language: English. Published: August 23, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » Personal inspiration
Your life is an adventure. Every morning you wake up and anything at all might happen! You can set off on a journey, speak your mind, buy something, sell something, look at a painting, take a walk, be chased by a wild boar … the possibilities are endless. As a writer, you know this is true. You imagine experiences with the soul of an adventurer.
What Would You Do If There Was Nothing You Had To Do?
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 47,830. Language: English. Published: August 15, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Creativity
Through practices, meditations, and improvisations, the author takes you on a journey that activates the search and discovery of your soul’s purpose. This is done through 22 stages of the traditional Fool’s journey, and using a wide variety of wisdom-sources and practical exercises, including Sufism, Buddhism, Taoism, anthroposophy, mystical Christianity, Jungian psychology,and mythology.
Around The World By Mistake
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 68,700. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » Essays & Travelogues
The true story of a family that voyages on a sinister freighter from Yugoslavia to Japan in 1963. Part travelogue, part inner journey, and part thrilling adventure, this is a seven-month journey that most people only dream of doing.
The Quest
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 62,600. Language: English. Published: June 20, 2012 . Categories: Essay » Literature
The Quest is a collection of essays written by students of the Great Barrington Waldorf High School. Compiled by Winslow Eliot, and edited by Samantha Stier, this collection celebrates this great school by displaying the fruits of all the labor that went into making this high school a reality.
Writing Through The Year - Summer
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 13,640. Language: English. Published: June 19, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » General self-help
This guide provides writing directions and exercises to improve one's writing techniques. It is one part of a seasonal publication that tailors the exercises in the book to the months of the season and explains good writing and storytelling in a parabolic allegorical language.
Poems From The Oasis
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,700. Language: English. Published: June 13, 2012 . Categories: Poetry » Contemporary Poetry
A collection of poems written by a fellow traveler through life and the author's experiences on the journey. The poems reflect themes of mysticism, despair, illumination, happiness, truth, beauty, and love.
Writing Through the Year (Winter)
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 13,620. Language: English. Published: January 29, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills, Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Creativity
Your life is an adventure. Every morning you wake up and anything at all might happen! You can set off on a journey, speak your mind, buy something, sell something, look at a painting, take a walk, be chased by a wild boar … the possibilities are endless. As a writer, you know this is true. You imagine experiences with the soul of an adventurer.
Pursued
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 102,870. Language: English. Published: August 25, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
(5.00 from 1 review)
A storm–a disaster–a theft. When Kale Trenton’s priceless chalice is stolen, investigative reporter Leigh Gardner vows to go to the ends of the earth to bring it back. She chases every lead, explores every possibility, and hunts down Kale’s rival, Peregrine, to find it. He won’t admit he has it. And she has to decide just how far she’ll go to bring it back.
A Perfect Gem
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 94,080. Language: English. Published: April 1, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
Bad things happen to other people. Not to us. Crista's husband says this often, right up to the day his car goes off the cliff, killing him. Then she learns he was married to someone else. She's fired from her job & evicted. As she begins to recover from the shock of betrayal, his ‘real’ wife contacts her, looking for something valuable, that Crista doesn't even know she has.
Bright Face of Danger
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 126,540. Language: English. Published: October 7, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
One fateful night a shot rings out. A pretty farm girl disappears with a scandalous secret that could destroy a political empire. A year later, she resurfaces with a stunning new face that dazzles Hollywood and ignites the passion of movie executive Dom Whitfield. Dom is tormented by the feeling that he already knows her, but what he doesn’t know is she is hiding from a man who wants her dead.
Heaven Falls
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 103,680. Language: English. Published: April 11, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Award Winner - 1st Place Romance Category from READER VIEWS! "Wonderfully imaginative...filled with unexpected twists...a truly engaging book. I enjoyed the author's style, the plot, the highly complex characters.

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