Sat, 22 Apr 2017 02:41:46 +0000 My name is Caroline Allen, and I am the founder of the book coaching business, Art of Storytelling. In the 1990s, I worked as an international journalist in Tokyo and London. I was reporter, sub-editor and editor for newsroom dailies, like London's Independent newspaper and the Financial Times. I'd grown up in rural Missouri, then graduated from the best journalism school in the U.S. I'd gone from planting corn…

Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:01:13 +0000 I believe when you're called to purpose, and when you answer that call, you become one of the healers of the world. As you align yourself with your higher calling, you become an example to others. Often the call we answer goes further than just finding ourselves. Often we're called to go out and help others. I describe this call to purpose as I follow…

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:25:23 +0000 I'll be teaching a writing workshop in Portland, OR in August for people who want to write books aimed at nurturing peace and light in the world, whether about personal or global healing or both. It's got me thinking about how writing our deepest truths surrounding universal peace and love can be used to help shift the narrative. What ways can we do this, including but…

Sun, 11 Sep 2016 22:37:41 +0000"In Memoriam." carolineallen.com  

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 18:26:16 +0000Besides being a novelist and book coach, I am also a visual artist. In January 2016, I started a painting a day series called Outside the Lines, where I committed to painting one 9x12 watercolor every single day for an entire year. I paint while on holiday, while in the hospital (even on the day I had surgery), and even if I'm utterly exhausted. The project was conceived…

Mon, 05 Sep 2016 20:41:25 +0000Outside the Lines, one painting a day for one year, September 5, 2016! Outside the Lines, one painting a day for one year, September 4, 2016  

Mon, 05 Sep 2016 21:37:16 +0000 Do you want to find your purpose? Are you feeling a call to deepen your connection to your authentic path? In these online courses, I pour my heart out around my path to becoming a novelist and visual artist, and explain how I used tarot to get there, and how learning to channel not only helped thousands of other people worldwide, but also took my artwork…

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 23:47:40 +0000In January, I began Outside the Lines, a painting a day for a year. I sometimes, like today, use a stream of consciousness approach, dabbing blobs of paint, and studying it to see what image emerges. In this, I saw two people hugging. I actually like the stream of consciousness almost as much as I like the final painting. Klimt helped me turn the SOC into…

Wed, 07 Sep 2016 23:05:06 +0000 Why do a painting a day for one year? What possible benefit could come from such a practice? I used to be an international journalist. I was deep into my intellect, into changing the world one serious news article at a time. I worked in Tokyo and London in busy, crazy newsrooms. I was in a Tokyo newsroom when Hirohito died, and in a London…

Thu, 08 Sep 2016 21:07:44 +0000The easiest way to pick a subject for a painting when you're doing one painting every single day for an entire year? Stay with where you are right now. A friend keeps giving me bouquets from her garden. Flowers are everywhere. Flowers are where my soul is at. If I stay with that, the soul works its magic. Want to engage your creativity more profoundly and…