Anna Hertel

Anna Hertel is a German writer writing Creative Non-Fiction in English and is a candidate for the MFA At California College of the Arts. As a retired Triathlete and former business owner, she is now working on her memoir "Brick By Brick" which weaves training for her first Ironman Triathlon in with recovering from an abusive relationship while exploring the role self-love has with finding Love. She enjoys hiking with her Vizsla and Greyhound dog and illustrating.

Woven Love: How I Found My North

Head tucked between my outstretched arms, I dolphin-dive my way through the blue shallows of Lake Tahoe, one of the oldest lakes in the world, sitting 6,250 feet above sea level. On this ice-crusted September morning, the sun has not yet cleared the tree line in the Sierra Nevada.

Creative Nonfiction

Anna Hertel

Anna Hertel is a German writer writing Creative Non-Fiction in English and is a candidate for the MFA At California College of the Arts. As a retired Triathlete and former business owner, she is now working on her memoir "Brick By Brick" which weaves training for her first Ironman Triathlon in with recovering from an abusive relationship while exploring the role self-love has with finding Love. She enjoys hiking with her Vizsla and Greyhound dog and illustrating.

Woven Love: How I Found My North

Head tucked between my outstretched arms, I dolphin-dive my way through the blue shallows of Lake Tahoe, one of the oldest lakes in the world, sitting 6,250 feet above sea level. On this ice-crusted September morning, the sun has not yet cleared the tree line in the Sierra Nevada.

Creative Nonfiction

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