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Transforming a Travel Journal Into a Memoir Book

Posted on June 28, 2026 by moonbridgebooks

A journal is not usually meant to be a book, unless you start off writing it like one. Rather, most are notes and comments to yourself. But you can transform these notes and comments into an interesting book of stories … Continue reading →

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Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines, a memoir of overcoming child abuse

Posted on May 31, 2026 by moonbridgebooks

Adriene Caldwell has bravely written her memoir Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines, “a harrowing coming-of-age story defined by resilience in the face of unimaginable odds.” It is a raw, emotional read with disclaimers that it could trigger nightmares of the … Continue reading →

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Writing memoir and life stories: Not just what happened

Posted on May 25, 2025 by moonbridgebooks

When writing your stories, don’t make them a laundry list of what happened and when. That’s important, but there’s more to the stories than that, especially if you want to make them more interesting. You are the main character of … Continue reading →

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