Category Archives: overcoming

Writing the Stories: 2020 History Marching On

What a week, what a year! We are so divided yet it is heartening to see so many people coming together – despite the summer-waning pandemic. Yesterday I joined my first march ever. Not congratulating myself since it conveniently went … Continue reading

Posted in capturing memories, history, lifewriting, overcoming, storytelling | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Writing Your Personal History with COVID-19

These are strange and scary times – history-making times. This novel coronavirus may likely spawn novels as well as science papers, but most interesting will be the true stories of survival. That’s where you can help, besides by sequestering yourself … Continue reading

Posted in capturing memories, history, journal, lifewriting, overcoming, raising kids, writing prompt | Tagged | 2 Comments

Memoir: Writing the past imperfect

Is your past perfect? Of course not, and that just means you’ve had a life. That’s the stuff some really good memoirs are made of. Even if we don’t have big stories of past troubles, we are not perfect, and … Continue reading

Posted in bad memories, memoir writing, overcoming, writing skills | Tagged | Leave a comment