Posts Tagged ‘memoir’
Guest Post: The Charming Light Box and a Literary Fetus
This guest post by Creative Writer’s Workshop member Kim Chamberlain, who is steadily making excellent progress with her memoir. Kim is a music teacher, clarinetist and jazz singer with lots of great stories. Kim can be reached at [email protected]. My writing coach’s words from a month ago reverberate inside my head: “You have four long…
Read MoreClient Success: Barbara Gray Armstrong Honors Family & Cultural History
“I got the idea to write my book when I thought about how little my children knew about my birth family, my early life, and American history, such as slavery and the civil rights era,” shared author Barbara Gray Armstrong. In Honoring My Journey, she has written a rich family memoir woven into a larger,…
Read MoreHonoring Service
Dad carefully unrolled the recently acquired panoramic photos of his and his brother’s graduations from basic training during World War II. A tiny arrow was placed above both of their heads on the respective photos to identify them from the near hundred men. “That’s Bo?” I asked with quiet respect. “I don’t know that I’ve…
Read MoreChart A Course To Write Your Memoir
Like clients Kirby and Jonathan, you can write and publish your memoir. Consider the Memoir class as getting your feet wet, the Creative Writers Workshop as training, and personal writer’s coaching & editing as the swim toward the finish line. Start Somewhere. Diana Nyad, 64, an American long distance swimmer, became the first person…
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