Catch Retta Blaney on Wild Woman Network

Retta Blaney, author of Working on the Inside: The Spiritual Life Through the Eyes of Actors will visit with Sandra Lee Schubert on Wild Woman Network: Conversations with Creative Vagabonds, Thinkers and Innovators, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 2 PM EST.

Blaney, author of "Working on the Inside: The Spiritual Life Through the Eyes of Actors" is a theatre and religion writer in Manhattan. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Newsday, National Catholic Reporter, The Jewish Week, The Living Church, American Theatre, Back Stage and other publications. Her popular blog can be found at http://uponthesacredstage.blogspot.com.

Stage and screen actors form unique relationships with their audiences. Through their work, they challenge, teach, and inspire us by shedding light in all corners of life and connecting with us through our senses and emotions. Working on the Inside goes backstage into the inner lives of respected actors like Liam Neeson, Vanessa Williams, Phylicia Rashad, Edward Herrmann, Kristin Chenoweth and many others to reveal the deep spirituality each one relies on in their lives and work. The result is a book like no other that draws ten key elements of the universal spiritual life from the perspective of actors whose work it is to tap into the essence of life, tell stories, and reveal life's truths.

Blaney was inspired to write this book by the spiritual wisdom actors conveyed in their interviews with her over the years. She dared to ask actors questions few ever do--How does your spirituality influence your life and work? How do you pray? What do you pray for? How do you stay centered in a career with so much uncertainty? And they answered. The result is a book that takes readers into the private thoughts of some of their favorite actors for inspiring tips on how they, too, can begin working on the inside.

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