Kellie Schorr works as a novelist who writes mystery genre novels. Her published credentials also include: journal articles, short stories, and a two-year stint writing for a web-comic. Kellie’s debut literary novel, The Space Between Breaths, will be published by Brother Mockingbird in early 2025. Practicing in the Nyingma Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Kellie is a personal student of Dr. Pema Khandro Rinpoche and member of the Vajra Sangha of the Buddhist Studies Institute. She lives and works in rural Virginia with her partner, Cathy, and their beagles. Her favorite word is chiaroscuro. You can contact or find more about her at Kellieschorr.com
Cold Water Clarity from a Wise Warm Well: “Awaken Every Day” by Thubten Chodron {Review}
By Kellie Schorr Everyone needs that person in their life. The person who speaks with such authority and common sense they can cut through all the static and give you a blast of pure clarity. Talking to that person is like jumping into...
El Paso, The Precepts, and Me: A Search for the Middle Way
By Kellie Schorr One of the most beautiful moments I have ever seen in my life was at the El Paso Holocaust Museum where a member of the German Air Force (who trains at Fort Bliss) was sitting on a bench speaking in German and sobbing....
I Wanna Come Back as Your Cat: Lessons from the Animal Realm
By Kellie Schorr “The Buddha in the Corner” is a six-part series based on the six realms of existence in the Buddhist Wheel of Life as they are found in everyday experience. In the Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life) there is a Buddha in...
In a Handbasket: How to Carry Yourself Through Hell
By Kellie Schorr “The Buddha in the Corner”is a six part series based on the six realms of existence in the Buddhist Wheel of Life as they are found in everyday experience. In the Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life) there is a Buddha in...
Feeding the Hungry Ghosts: The Search for Gender Equality in Buddhism
By Kellie Schorr “The Buddha in the Corner” is a six part series based on the six realms of existence in the Buddhist Wheel of Life as they are found in everyday experience. In the Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life) there is a Buddha in...
Clocking Out of the Jealous God Realm: Working with Artist Envy
By Kellie Schorr “The Buddha in the Corner” is a six part series based on the six realms of existence in the Buddhist Wheel of Life as they are found in everyday experience. In the Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life) there is a Buddha in...
Everything is Awesome, But…(Dealing with “Other Shoe Syndrome”)
By Kellie Schorr “The Buddha in the Corner” is a six part series based on the six realms of existence in the Buddhist Wheel of Life as they are found in everyday experience. In the Bhavachakra (Wheel of Life) there is a Buddha in...
A Knot in the Red String: The Myths and Meaning of Family Estrangement
By Kellie Schorr “I’m free Sunday the 12th,” I said, swiping my calendar to May. “Isn’t that Mother’s Day?” My friend asked. “I have no idea,” I replied matter-of-factly. “I don’t know when that is.” She looked up from her phone,...
Avoid the Bypass: How to Be a Responsive Listener (and not a Jerk)
By Kellie Schorr “I want to quit my job, but I need the insurance,” she said. “I know the economy is bad and I’m lucky to have a job at all, but every morning I wake with a sense of dread so pervasive my coffee is ruined with the salt of...
Requiem: How Mary Oliver Taught Me to Stop Suffering
By Kellie Schorr There is a way to stop suffering. It looks odd by itself, doesn’t it? It’s usually slotted tight in 3rd place of the Four Noble Truths---like the “middle child” of Buddhism’s defining teaching. We all agree on the First...
The Echoing Madness: Anger and Liberation in Shambhala’s Continuing Scandal
By Kellie Schorr “The bell has been rung. It is echoing off every wall in my home. It is calling me to meditate. It is crushing my ability to concentrate. It may never stop ringing. It can’t be un-rung.” Those were the words I...
Classic Style, Ancient Truth: The Magnanimous Heart by Narayan Helen Liebenson {Book Review}
By Kellie Schorr Are you looking for a self-helpish, inspirational book with a cover that pops, short paragraphs, handy bulleted lists, subtitles, and chapters like, “The 4 Steps to <whatever>” that balances amazing life changes...
The Woman Made of Tears: How a Green Goddess Helps Me Live with Thick Skin and an Open Heart
By Kellie Schorr I am a progressive, lesbian Buddhist who lives in the conservative Christian South. I love my beautiful rural Virginia home and the wonderful friends I’ve made. I don’t want to make it sound bad, because I have daily...
In the Deep Midwinter: Ringing the Bells of Equanimity {Part 4}
By Kellie Schorr In the Deep Midwinter is a four week series on the Four Immeasurables as a Buddhist meditation in the tradition of Advent, a Christian season of introspection the weeks prior to Christmas. Like most people who go...
In the Deep Midwinter: The Gift of Sympathetic Joy {Part 3}
By Kellie Schorr In the Deep Midwinter is a four week series on the Four Immeasurables as a Buddhist meditation in the tradition of Advent, a Christian season of introspection the weeks prior to Christmas. I know it ages me, but I...