Category Archives: memoir writing

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

Posted on June 10, 2018 by moonbridgebooks

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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Fake news, media literacy, and your story

Posted on April 16, 2018 by moonbridgebooks

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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Poetry as Memoir

Posted on February 4, 2018 by moonbridgebooks

Since February is Black History Month, I chose from my stack of waiting books Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson to read on our trip to visit family four hours away. This is a NYT bestseller and multi-award-winning book of … Continue reading →

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