Category Archives: writing

Boyd Lemon: Daring to dig deep to write a divorce memoir

Posted on August 13, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

Boyd Lemon is a very brave man. I have just finished his memoir, Digging Deep: A Writer Uncovers His Marriages, where he studies the failures of his three marriages and his role in their collapses. Not only does he dive … Continue reading →

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Editing memoirs: Are any memories too trivial?

Posted on January 23, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

This question came up on the Life Writers’ Forum Yahoo group lately about editing out memories. A few of us answered that it depends on the audience, and felt that the writer was not particularly qualified to decide if a … Continue reading →

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Writing Your Stress Away

Posted on May 23, 2008 by moonbridgebooks

Howard Butcher, associate professor of nursing and a researcher at the University of Iowa, is doing a study to find whether writing can help relieve the stress of caregivers of dementia patients. I think he is looking for me (my … Continue reading →

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