Memoir Opening: How to Hook Your Reader
Memoir Opening: How to Hook Your Reader from the First Page Memoir Opening: Exploring the Best Ways to Begin Your Memoir Memoirs artfully share your experiences and story with … Read more
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Ten Types of Memoir
Ten Types of Memoir /with examples Memoirs offer meaning and insight in the form of personal stories. They offer lived insight into the vulnerability, complexity, and triumphs of individuals. … Read more
Book Review ‘The Secret Network of Nature’
The Secret Network of Nature Trees, Animals and the Extraordinary Balances of All Living Things (Stories From Science and Observation) by Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, 2022 (paperback), 272 pages … Read more
Nine tips for Finding Your Memoir’s Theme
Nine Tips for Finding Your Memoir’s Theme Also of Interest: Find the Theme of Your Memoir (with 50 Examples.) 1. Read through journals, notes, letters, and emails. Review photos. … Read more
Find the Theme of Your Memoir (with 50 Examples)
Find the Theme of Your Memoir (with 50 Examples) If you’ve decided to write a memoir, one of the most important decisions you’ll have to make is the theme of … Read more
‘The Photo Ark’ book review
The Photo Ark Book ReviewThe Photo Ark; One Man’s Quest to Document the World’s Animals, by Joel Sartore with a foreword by Harrison Ford, National Geographic, 2017, 399 P. The … Read more
Go Native With the Red Buckeye
Go Native With the Red Buckeye The first time I saw a red buckeye shrub, it beckoned me with its scarlet plumes and the scads of hummingbird visitors. This … Read more
Read at Least Twelve Books in the New Year
Six Reasons to Read at Least Twelve Books in the New Year Read for a better new year, a better you, and perhaps a better world In the coming … Read more
‘Just Mercy’ Book Review
Just Mercy By Bryan Stevenson A Story of Justice and Redemption Book Review Just Mercy: The Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson, 2014, 318 pages Connections between To … Read more
‘The Home Place’ Book Review
The Home Place Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature “In me, there is the red of miry clay, the brown of spring floods, the gold of … Read more