Barbara J Waldern: 15 books

This is a collection of short stories based on real conversations with real young adult learners of English in South Korea from 2007 to 2010. You might call it creative non-fiction. As these individuals relayed their life situations and dilemmas to me, I imagined the unfolding drama of struggling...

Rugo and Karbo are Gouldian Finches. Their heritage is in Australia. They have been born and raised in a small cage. Their parents and siblings went away with people when they were just teenagers. They have to cope with various cage mates and they have just managed to make some friends when they are...

This is a collection of 15 of my poems on a theme of art for social change, all of of them but one very recently composed. They are inspired by problems of the world, peoples resistance and efforts to make socially positive change happen. although the pen or keyboard, like any tool, may be used for...

This is a collection of some of my most recent poems written from 2007 to 2010 published in 2012, a period of great transition in my life. It includes the four poems created for my first novel, Camelia in Winter. They cover a range of topics and themes but mostly address personal struggle in a sea...

I decided to do this project as a new writing challenge, and in the interest of coping with aging better. I have heard of the popular term, "positive thinking" and was already beginning to try to apply it systematically and conscientiously to my daily living when I decided to make it the them of a...

This is a humorous auto-biographical account of some of my own klutzy behavior. Beginning just after April Fool's Day this year, I pledged to write a few confessions giving accounts of daily hang-ups to make you giggle and see the humor in day-to-day anxieties and frustrations. Together, let's chuckle at our own silliness and feel better.

Following a life as a single mother raising a teen-aged son in the suburbs while working in a dental clinic, Fiona wanted to change her life after her father passed away, her mother remarried and her son opted to go live with his father then enter college. By giving up her routine job to become a...

In Star Year 2065, human civilization has been destroyed through a series of socio-economic collapses and wars. After benevolent allied alien forces have quelled an intergalactic conflict over governance of and claims to the Earth and all its remaining resources, the vagabond homeless Niribuans have...

Lucy McLaren, a resident of Calgary, Alberta, plans her mother’s 70th birthday party to be held in Vancouver, BC. Her mother is feeling isolated and depressed, while she feels her own life has grown cold. She is determined to make some changes and warm up their lives. After Bonnie becomes the elderly...

This is a collection of twisted tales. Enjoy! What happens may not be what you expect.

This is a collection of 16 poems on the themes of identity and social concerns written in Autumn, 2016. It encompasses what elements of womanhood I identify with and how, such as fashion, work, desire, media and relations with men. Of course, the topic of violence is covered, too. The titles of individual...

I began this process in a battle with myself to keep upbeat and optimistic. More and more, though, it has become a means by which to record and share experiences and ideas. Indeed, I am assured that by seeing the statistics made available on the Smashwords website and the blog platform vistaprint.ca...

This is the last volume of an entire collection of daily autobiographical blogs written to develop a positive thinking approach to my life that I want to share. I wrote every day for a whole year to reflect on my daily activities and problems from a positive thinking. I have also been developing what...

This is a collection of daily autobiographical blog posts on the theme of living positively.Starting the day after my last birthday, I have written blogs for 240 days straight so far. My goal of is to complete 365 posts. In Volume 3, I extend a study journal writing with positive thinking to consider...