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lauramalinauthor
Feb 9, 20214 min read
How to be bold
When I was 12 years old, I started taking acting classes in one of the most long-established acting schools of Rio de Janeiro. It is...
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lauramalinauthor
Jan 26, 20214 min read
How to be Zen
In the past fifteen years, I took up meditation as part of my daily routine. Sometimes weekly, after quarantine daily, and it became...
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lauramalinauthor
Jan 7, 20213 min read
How to be single
When I became single, I had to carve out some survival rules. I had been in a relationship since I was 18 (and now I was turning 30). I...
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lauramalinauthor
Dec 22, 20204 min read
And... Action!
My flight departed from Charles de Gaulle early morning on May 17th, 1991. I had a backpack, many expectations, and still nowhere to...
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lauramalinauthor
Dec 8, 20203 min read
Red Carpet Ready
As I told you in my last post, Laura in Paris, I was able to purchase last minute tickets to the Cannes Film Festival, 1991 edition. I...
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lauramalinauthor
Nov 3, 20204 min read
Life is Stronger
Last week I talked about my undesired and unexpected pregnancy at 18 on the post My Body, My Rules. After talking to my boyfriend and...
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lauramalinauthor
Oct 27, 20203 min read
My Body, My Rules
It runs in my family: fertility. Therefore, we have some abortion legends that are still alive. My great-grandmother, who passed when she...
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lauramalinauthor
Sep 22, 20204 min read
What We Wish For...
Ten years ago, confronted with the premature decline of my production company, due to a false rumor (read post Lies that Destroy); and...
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lauramalinauthor
Sep 8, 20205 min read
Without Reason
Last week I told you about how I fell in love with a guy I first saw in my dreams – go back and read post “Love Intuition”! This post is...
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lauramalinauthor
Sep 1, 20204 min read
Love Intuition
Julien, my male best friend in life, the closest thing to a brother I will ever have – came to visit Rio de Janeiro from Paris. Because...
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lauramalinauthor
Aug 25, 20206 min read
How to Survive as an Artist
When I was finishing my last published novel, back in 2012, I locked myself in my office and wrote away. It was Summer in Brazil and my...
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lauramalinauthor
Aug 4, 20204 min read
Forgiveness is Freedom
Do you remember Lex, from last week’s post? The guy who spread around that we had sex in exchange for financing my script? And that led...
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lauramalinauthor
Jul 21, 20205 min read
My Partner Almost Died
In 1998, after surviving a helicopter crash and going missing for two days in the middle of the Amazon forest, D., my then partner, was...
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lauramalinauthor
Jul 14, 20205 min read
My Partner Went Missing
On a hot September Monday of 1998, I was climbing the high bridge that ties together the buildings of the State University of Rio de...
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lauramalinauthor
Jul 7, 20204 min read
Falling in love (with a character!)
I had never felt so desperate to find my inspiration until it was time for me to incorporate the character of Leah, back in 2011. I had...
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lauramalinauthor
Jun 30, 20203 min read
Dream Big
Three things you need to know about me. One: I dream big. I dream huge. And I will go the extra mile to make my dreams come true. Two: I...
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lauramalinauthor
Jun 23, 20205 min read
Life is What Happens!
How do you go from being an aspiring writer to becoming a professional one? I get this question a lot, and I know everybody has a...
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lauramalinauthor
May 26, 20204 min read
Faith or Fate
I was conceived outside of religion lock. My father, descendant of Russian and Romanian Jews; and my mother, the daughter of Catholics,...
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