Category Archives: memoir writing

Memoir – Fact or Fiction

David Carr, journalist author of The Night of the Smoking Gun, his memoir of his earlier drug-addled life, went to great pains to ensure his story was as accurate as possible by interviewing people in his past and reviewing his … Continue reading

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Back Up Your Files!

One of my relatives had her house broken into and the thief stole her and her daughter’s laptop computers. I think this is about as bad as having your wallet stolen – maybe worse depending on what you’ve got loaded … Continue reading

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Family Secrets

I watched The Savages last week, expecting a touching story of adult children coping with their father’s end-of-life dementia. It was all of that, but what made the story even more deep and more poignant was that the father had … Continue reading

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