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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

Publishing Your Book, and NaNoWriMo for nonfiction

Posted on November 4, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

November is National Novel Writing Month, when writers around the world frantically try to write 50,000 words by the end of the month to finish a first draft of their novel. NaNoWriMo, as it’s nicknamed, is a great way to … Continue reading →

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Eighty Days, a race around the world: Bringing someone else’s history to life

Posted on October 20, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

Wouldn’t that be exciting to find a stranger has discovered a stack of letters written by one of your ancestors and wants to write a book about her? Matthew Goodman wrote Eighty Days about a historic race around the world that … Continue reading →

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“The Boy at the Gate” memoir is a poignant song

Posted on October 13, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

At the age of eight, Danny Ellis was separated from his siblings and dropped off at the most notorious orphanage in Ireland. The Artane Industrial School housed 800 orphans and delinquents that nobody wanted—a noisy, ragtag bunch of “humanity’s lost … Continue reading →

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