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About moonbridgebooks

Co-author of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight, a WWII Japan memoir of her mother's childhood; author of Poems That Come to Mind, for caregivers of dementia patients; Co-author/Editor of Battlefield Doc, a medic's memoir of combat duty during the Korean War; life writing enthusiast; loves history and culture, poetry, and cats

Enjoying cultural festivals, especially of your own heritage

Posted on September 1, 2025 by moonbridgebooks

I enjoy the annual Japanese Festival at our botanical garden, always over Labor Day weekend. I join in the Obon dancing and light a lantern for my mom and family members to float on the lake at night – toro … Continue reading →

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The Salty Path of Adding Fiction to Memoir

Posted on July 13, 2025 by moonbridgebooks

Memoirs are based on reality—your reality as you remember it. Don’t make up (lie) about important things, partly because somebody will know or find out and then people wonder if they can trust anything else you wrote. Not to mention, … Continue reading →

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Writing memoir and life stories: Not just what happened

Posted on May 25, 2025 by moonbridgebooks

When writing your stories, don’t make them a laundry list of what happened and when. That’s important, but there’s more to the stories than that, especially if you want to make them more interesting. You are the main character of … Continue reading →

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