Author Archives: Nancy Wait

About Nancy Wait

Nancy Wait is an artist a writer, a writing coach/editor, and author of the memoir "The Nancy Who Drew, The Memoir That Solved A Mystery." She is a former actress (stage, film and TV) in the UK under the name of Nancie Wait. She hosted the blog talk radio show "Art and Ascension," and more recently, "Inspirational Storytellers." Nancy is currently at work on the sequel to her memoir, "The Nancy Who Drew the Way Home," to be published in 2020.

Making Your Unknown Known

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Nancy Wait

When I went to London in the late 1960s I brought a sword with me on the plane. (It was allowed in those days.) I was bringing it over for a friend. Seven years later, when it became time for … Continue reading →

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What Drawing Does

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Nancy Wait

While I’ve heard people say, “Oh, I can’t draw to save my life,” or, “I can’t even draw a straight line,” I’ve never heard anyone say, “I can’t connect things with each other,” because of course we do, all the time, albeit unconsciously. Continue reading →

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That Emma, That Torch

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Nancy Wait

I went to the library and had a coffee at the concession stand in what unbeknownst to me had now become ‘Emma’s Torch Café.’ ‘Emma’s Torch,’ could it be that Emma…that torch? Continue reading →

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Hearing Bells

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Nancy Wait

In days of old when we sat in awe around the lighted tree, my father told us that if we heard a bell ringing, it meant an angel was present. We had to be very quiet, and then unbeknownst to … Continue reading →

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The Art of Distilling

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Nancy Wait

I was in Prague, “the Magical City,” or because it’s rare that I attend a live concert, I seemed to be hearing on another level, analyzing my enjoyment in a different way, having a different insight into what I was hearing through this filter of music. Continue reading →

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A Bag and a Bunch of Cards

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Nancy Wait

In the poem, Harlem, Langston Hughes asks, “What happens to a dream deferred?” He wonders, “Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?” He suggests other, less appetizing fates. Meanwhile, I bided my time. I waited until my carpet bag so bulged with hope that it had to become a reality. Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Nancy Wait

“And now let us welcome the New Year, full of things that never were.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke Continue reading →

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The Nancy Who Drew Buildings*

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Nancy Wait

I got into rendering buildings because one night I drew a candleholder. Continue reading →

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Filtering the World

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Nancy Wait

…each attempt to create an experience on canvas or paper, “is imagination reaching outward to filter the world.” Continue reading →

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Personal Items: Desk

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Nancy Wait

Now that I’ve settled on calling the sequel, “The Nancy Who Drew the Way Home,” I started to think about what the concept of home means to me now. Continue reading →

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