I walked to the steaming coffee pot this morning, after a pit stop in the bathroom, filled my Mickey Mouse mug to the brim with the aromatic brew and headed to the front porch. Still a bit chilly but I was hoping the cool, crisp air would lift the fog that had settled on my [...]
In the first part of this 2 part series (Memoir OR Ficton based in Real Life), fiction writers (and others) question the memoir genre. How do memoir writers answer these questions? Memoir Writers I did some more research on the internet to see how memoir writers and teachers handle the inevitable question of truth vs. [...]
The prompt for this short memoir writing was – “A Serreal Moment in your Life.” The glorious light — amber, crimson, and gold with hints of azure — had a life unto itself. Beautiful even as it consumed its victim. Shimmering and swaying at the mercy of the wind, the dance continued. It would [...]
I have been flitting around the net recently and through different search phrases, have happened upon a bit of a feud. It seems there are many articles and blogs floating around out there by both ticked-off fiction writers and hard core memoir writers. Fiction Writers – Fact or Fiction? If I read one, I read [...]
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I have written all my life — some poetry, some personal essay, some memoir stories (longer than essay). I enjoy reading non-fiction as well as fiction. Life is about learning
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