Archive for November, 2010

You are the Editor of Your Life
By November 29, 2010 2 Comments Read More →

You are the Editor of Your Life

The great thing about memoir is you don’t open your life story with a history of your family tree. With memoir, you get to begin “in medias res” or in the middle of things. Think of a house. Your life is represented by the whole house. The stories that make up your life are the parts [...]

Writing or Typing?
By November 29, 2010 0 Comments Read More →

Writing or Typing?

It’s funny, in this technology ridden world, I still prefer to curl up with my spiral notebook, a pencil and coffee or a coke to write. I write a rough draft and then refine it as I type it in the computer. I know this is redundant and would be faster if I just typed [...]

Posted in: Books, Memoir, My Life
Just the Facts Ma’am
By November 25, 2010 0 Comments Read More →

Just the Facts Ma’am

A couple of months ago, I had a lot of fun putting together an article about myself. It’s titled: Curious Facts and Life Experiences About Me. I thought I would post an excerpt of it at here my memoir blog so you all can get to know me, a bit at a time. Click the [...]

It’s hard to be Thankful Sometimes…
By November 25, 2010 2 Comments Read More →

It’s hard to be Thankful Sometimes…

In this rat race, fast paced, bad economy times, sometimes it’s hard to stop and count your blessings. It’s much easy to list what is wrong in our lives than to see what is right. We have had a rough couple of years in the Sears’ household and sometimes I find myself hosting a pity [...]

Posted in: Memoir, My Life
How to Avoid Self-Pity in Your Memoir
By November 22, 2010 2 Comments Read More →

How to Avoid Self-Pity in Your Memoir

This is an interesting topic when it comes to memoir. All of us have been through an incident in our lives where we were the victim, whatever the circumstance. Is it possible to write without sounding like a whiner or having the violins play in the background? I set out to research ways to combat [...]

Guam and Memoir
By November 22, 2010 2 Comments Read More →

Guam and Memoir

I was messaging with PennyJars aka Victoria Flynn the other night through Twitter. We make jokes, encourage each other and just have fun. She asked about the memoir I was writing. I told her, as most writers, I have a lot of them started but the one I am working on the most (when I [...]

Posted in: Memoir, My Life
de ja vu and Memoir
By November 10, 2010 0 Comments Read More →

de ja vu and Memoir

When you are walking down the street, talking with a friend or relative, or stop cold at work and have a de ja vu moment – write about it. It’s our memory banks that stimulate that feeling of having done or seen something before.  What were the circumstances? What do you remember that is so [...]

Posted in: Memoir, Memoir Prompts
Childhood Memories
By November 7, 2010 0 Comments Read More →

Childhood Memories

I was talking with my brother and sisters recently. We are all still pretty close even though we a have our own families, kids and bills. We started talking about life stories and childhood events that had a huge impact on us. I listened to the others and kept a hidden smile. I knew exactly [...]

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The Curse of Hope
By November 4, 2010 0 Comments Read More →

The Curse of Hope

I am cursed with “Hope”. I know, hope isn’t supposed to be a curse, it’s a blessing. Not from where I’m standing. Each time something goes wrong on my roller coaster of life, I swear I am ready to give up. How can it get any worse? (Reminder to self — don’t ask, for ye [...]

Posted in: Memoir, My Life
Memoir Writing – How To Books
By November 3, 2010 0 Comments Read More →

Memoir Writing – How To Books

I was going through my bookcase last night looking for something to re-read. I try to be organized with the books — keeping like genres and stories together. I came to the shelf with my How-To books on memoir writing. I have quite a few… As I looked at each title, I remembered reading it [...]

Why Write Memoir?
By November 2, 2010 0 Comments Read More →

Why Write Memoir?

My brother asked me this last night – why do you write memoir? The first answer that came to mind was “Because I can”. It got me to thinking… all of us have different reasons for beginning to write memoir. It might have been a devastating event in your life, illness, a triumph or that [...]