Category Archives: lifewriting

Memoir – Betrayal and how personal do you need to be?

Posted on June 10, 2018 by

When writing memoir, how to work with your family members and/or friends is always a consideration. Should you even tell them you are writing? If you do, how much should you let them influence you? I saw the following post … Continue reading →

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Memoir as homespun fun and history

Posted on April 22, 2018 by

In a Facebook group, I discovered Rolland Love and his memoir, Born Dead on a Winter’s Night. How can you not want to check out a book with that title! Inside, I found delightful tales of growing up in the … Continue reading →

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Fake news, media literacy, and your story

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

Thanks to Donald Trump, fake news is all the rage lately – literally. I’m talking about the real meaning of the word “literally,” not the fake one even the dictionaries are resigning themselves to since nobody seems to care about … Continue reading →

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