Tag Archives: lifewriting

Memoir Voice: Keeping the ghost out of ghostwriting

Posted on October 6, 2019 by

Are you writing or editing someone else’s memoir? I am celebrating after finishing the difficult editing of an ESOL memoir. ESOL means English as Second or Other Language, and in this case it might be a fourth language out of … Continue reading →

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Dia de los Muertos, 2 Deaths, and Life Writing

Posted on November 4, 2018 by

I watched the animated movie Coco last night (my first time) as fitting for Dia de los Muertos as well as All Saints Day. I love the Day of the Dead celebration welcoming spirits of ancestors to come back for … Continue reading →

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Memoir is lived history

Posted on October 8, 2018 by

My mother’s birthday has passed, and I can’t believe she has been gone for six years now. The anniversary of her death comes in November, so each year as my favorite season arrives I am struck all over again with … Continue reading →

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