Category Archives: memoir writing

An American Immigrant Memoir – My Ailing Champion

My Ailing Champion by Demetrius Koubourlis is not just an immigrant story focused on America as champion of freedom and educational opportunity but a great example of memoir writing. But is it a memoir or an autobiography? Like an autobiography, … Continue reading

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Memoir writing and those takeaways from Kamala Harris’s memoir

I read the “5 Takeaways from Kamala Harris’ new book,” meaning her 107 Days memoir, and have some comments about life writing. When you write your stories, they are YOUR stories of what you know happened, or your understanding of … Continue reading

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The Salty Path of Adding Fiction to Memoir

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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