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Change the world, word by word
Writer and wise woman
Fiction
Non-fiction
Educational
For whom?
For those who need inspiration
Are you looking for a different view of the world? From someone who doesn’t hide behind rules and hollow phrases such as It’s just the way it is? You’ve come to the right place. There is plenty to read and I like to exchange ideas.
Voor those who just like to read
Looking for something to read? There’s plenty of that on this website! Whether you’re interested in short stories, opinion pieces or poems, or want to know more about my books. It’s all here.
For those who want to learn
Looking for information on health, lifestyle, nature, environment, permaculture, and spirituality? These happen to be my favourite subjects to think and write about. Looking for an ethically and environmentally friendly analysis of your new product or service? I am your woman.
What?
Writer
I am a writer. I write books, stories, poems and articles, both fiction and non-fiction in Dutch and English. You’ll find a selection of my work on this website.
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Wise Woman
I am a hagetisse. That is an old-fashioned word for wise woman, healer, herbwife at the edge of the village. Apart from seeing people in person, I write and teach about my craft. Lectures and workshops on all topics I write about are available upon request.
To my wise woman website
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Hello!
I am Emma
Air monger, versatile author, dream creator, earth warrior writer and roots healer (not necessarily in this order). Some of these titles might not ring bells right away. So I will also describe myself in (rather more boring) standardised terms: I am a writer, artist, teacher and holistic healer of people and earth.
My work has this one common thread: I want to make you think about life and your role in it. Does life really work the way you think it does? Is it the way you’d like it to be? When it comes to writing, I write both fiction and non-fiction. I also lecture and give inspirational speeches and workshops.
Why I do what I do
Writing is my cup of tea
As long as I can remember I have loved language and writing. And writing can make you reach many people at once. At the same time, I know that language is limited. Conveying what I really want to say is therefore the ultimate challenge to me.
Dogma makes me itch
And I don’t like sacred cows. They make me feel very rebellious. Our lives are made up of stories, that we often don’t even recognise as such. We think that something’s is unchangeable, which is usually nonsense. I love challenging entrenched ideas.
I despise injustice
Many of the things we do are illogical and often downright unethical. But even if we realise that deep down, we often hide behind the aforementioned dogma. Again, I love picking the scabs off those wounds.
I aim for change
In an ideal world I use my pen, pencil and brush to challenge harmful ideas. Hopefully, I thus contribute to making the world a bit more beautiful. A person may dream, right…
What others say about me
Some readables
‘In the corona crisis, public opinion has been hijacked by absurd judgments’
Over the last months I have regularly been baffled by what I saw happening around me. As more and more data became available, it also became clear that the coronavirus wasn't as dangerous as we first feared. It certainly didn't warrant the tremendous damage the corona...
Matthäus-Passion Twenty Eighteen
Sometimes prose just doesn't suffice. Sometimes you need poetry to wrap your head around the world. Last weekend something happened that required poetry badly. Here's a poem for a poet. And the son sat in the mother’s lap ‘I am so tired’ he said ‘I can’t go...
Life after Facebook
This week I finally did it: I cancelled my Facebook account. I was very late in joining the FB legion, but - once in - I was in completely. I collected friends, groups, pages and events. I was fully enjoying virtual life. But somewhere deep inside it didn’t feel...
Turtle World, a story by Emma Storris, inspired by a painting by Kuze
Today is the first day of K-Fest 2018 in Killorglin, Ireland. For anyone who happens to be in the neighbourhood, I'd pop by if I were you. It is a colourful gathering of creative people showing the world - well, at least part of it - what they have been doing artwise....
Gran spreads her wings – Free E-booklet!
I like presents! Not only to get, but also to give... Today I've got a present for all those children who like a good story. It is about Bing and Bibi's granny. Her name is Granny Thea and she is quite an extraordinary grandma. And that is putting it mildly. Is your...
The Story of Roundy Fatmouse – The Early Years
I never asked her, but I can imagine that Maria had plenty of moments when she wished she'd never promised my mother to take care of me. I wouldn't blame her. For these first months with me must have been horrendous. I cried incessantly and, although I was – and still...