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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

Cook foods into your memoir

Posted on April 4, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Today the daughter is home from school with nausea so I fixed her okayu, the Japanese soup for sick people. The Chinese have a similar rice soup, and Americans have their chicken noodle soup. I like passing my heritage on … Continue reading →

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A little bit about marketing a memoir

Posted on March 28, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

This past Sunday I was featured on Kathy Pooler’s blog, Memoir Writers Journey, along with author Rebecca Bricker. We discussed how we as independents are publicizing and marketing our memoirs. If you have dreams of publishing your lifewriting for the public, it’s best to … Continue reading →

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What to do with those war letters

Posted on March 26, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Several years ago during a visit to my husband’s family in Tennessee, his mother showed me a stash of letters her father had written home while he was in WWII naval service. The fragile, faded letters were tied in bundles … Continue reading →

Posted in letters, war stories, WWII | 17 Comments