by Olga Brajnović | May 4, 2015 | daily prompt
Write a summary of the book you’ve always wanted to write for the back cover of its dust jacket. Ana is a young girl full of joy, energy and hope. She has a boyfriend she adores but the WWII truncates her happiness when her boyfriend, who is a known independent...
by Olga Brajnović | Apr 21, 2015 | challenges
My mom is a survivor of the WWII. She’s 95, with a clear mind. She endured in her youth forced labour, persecution and years of forced separation from her husband. She never gave up. Now, a stroke hit her. She is in a wheelchair, with half her body paralyzed....
by Olga Brajnović | Apr 19, 2015 | daily prompt
Write a review of your life — or the life of someone close to you — as if it were a movie or a book. A young woman gets married with an independent journalist in Zagreb in the middle of the WWII. For months before the end of the war she gives birth to a baby girl....
by Olga Brajnović | Nov 30, 2014 | challenges
You were caught in an avalanche. To be rescued, you need to make it through the night. What thought(s) would give you the strength to go through such a scary, dangerous situation? A night buried in snow? Chances are that I wouldn’t have survived. I guess I would...
by Olga Brajnović | Jan 29, 2014 | Health
He is lying in bed, motionless, waiting for someone to realize that he’s awake. Her daughter has fallen asleep in a chair at his side. What time is it? He tries to move, but his body is like a bag of sand. He knows he can’t do a thing by himself. But with...
