About

BlockToBloom will be filled with advice for blocked and beginning writers from me, Floor Buschenhenke. Like most writers, I have experienced my share of writers’ blocks, and somehow always found my way out. I hope this blog will help you blossom as a writer. My Dutch site is www.blocktobloom.nl

My first collection of poetry ‘Eiland op sterk water’ was published in 2009 by Atlas in The Netherlands. I’m currently writing my second book. I work as a freelance copywriter and creative writing coach. My home base is a tiny house boat in the coolest part of Amsterdam (Noord). I live there with my husband and our two boys. Tigran just turned four and Bodhi was born in March this year. I’ve been self-employed since 2006. You could call me a reluctant entrepreneur: I love following my passions and doing work that is meaningful to me, I love the freedom and flexibility that comes with being my own boss. I love that it is so much easier to combine work and family this way. I’m not so great at the marketing part. Do not like the insecurity. Working on that!

Apart from writing and reading I’m into chocolate (current favorite: Lovechock), Zen Buddhism (I’m part of the Zen Centrum Amsterdam Sangha), a minimalist lifestyle ( It’s a slow process. Scaling down to one book case was a big step for me.) and dolce far niente.

If I had nine lives I would like to be: A singer-songwriter, a world traveller, an astrophysicist, a philosopher, an ultra-runner, a restaurant owner, a painter and a monk.