{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"173: Cynthia Morris: "Chasing Sylvia Beach"","description":"This week on StoryWeb: Cynthia Morris\u2019s novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach. What do you get when you combine time travel, intriguing literary history, Paris, and romance? Why, Cynthia Morris\u2019s novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach, of course! I know Cynthia from participating regularly in what she previously called Free Write Flings, month-long excursions that have \u201cflingers\u201d writing freely for fifteen minutes each day in response to various \u201cprompts.\u201d I\u2019ve dipped into Cynthia\u2019s Free Write Flings twice a year for the last several years \u2013 every October and February \u2013 to generate ideas for StoryWeb. Go behind the scenes with us to see how it works at Beth Hayden\u2019s website. Note that Cynthia has just launched a new version of this month-long experience. It\u2019s called The Devoted Writer. Cynthia is a well-known and expert writing and creativity coach. Through her business, Original Impulse, she offers online workshops, individual coaching, books to help your creative practice, and travel opportunities. Based in Denver, Cynthia leads courses in Paris quite often, leading other creative spirits through the streets of her favorite city as they create illustrated journals. But Cynthia is very much a writer in her own right. Can\u2019t travel to Paris with Cynthia? No worries. You can get an intimate look at the City of Light through Cynthia\u2019s 2012 novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach. Sylvia Beach was, of course, the owner of the famed Parisian bookstore, Shakespeare and Company. Cynthia makes Beach\u2019s 1930s Paris accessible to us nearly a century later with the magical twists and turns of highly delightful time travel. When Denver bookstore clerk Lily Heller visits Paris in the present day, she\u2019s captivated by the history of the city, especially all the literary lore. She imagines all of the ex-pat Americans writing and mingling on the Left Bank, often at Shakespeare and Company. How perfect, then, when Lily slips through a crack in time and finds herself in the 1930s Paris she\u2019s been dreaming of. As she clatters around Paris on her bicycle, we hold our breath with her as she encounters one amazing historical person after another and let it out again when she lands a job at Sylvia Beach\u2019s bookstore. Before long, Lily\u2019s got a romance on her hands with Paul and a mentor in Sylvia Beach. Will she ever want to step back through the crack in time and return to her life in twenty-first century Denver? You\u2019ll have to read Chasing Sylvia Beach to find out where Lily\u2019s adventures lead her. As you join her on the streets of Paris, you\u2019ll feel like you\u2019ve been transported back in time as well. Learn more about Sylvia Beach at the Shakespeare and Company website. You can also learn why Cynthia has been obsessed with Sylvia Beach for years \u2013 be sure to check out the video of Cynthia talking about Beach! And if you\u2019re an aspiring or experienced writer, artist, or some other kind of creative spirit, consider joining Cynthia for one of her many offerings. Visit Amazon to buy your own copy of Chasing Sylvia Beach or stop in at Cynthia\u2019s online shop and the Original Impulse library for resources that will nurture your creative life. Visit thestoryweb.com\/morris for links to all these resources. Listen now as Cynthia Morris reads from Chasing Sylvia Beach. ","author_name":"StoryWeb: Storytime for Grownups","author_url":"http:\/\/storyweb.libsyn.com\/webpage","html":"