Triggering Memories

Declare Your Writing Is Important

A client emailed me last week and said, " I have no time. It's the same problem as always--no time ." When you start ...

First the writing. Then the book A client and I were brainstorming about her work. She was in the place people I work with dream of...

The water’s surface is the pounded silver of a medallion I have at home. It is heart-shaped, pocked, lumpy and comforting. Some small i...

For me, it's always been about the writing. I'm a story junky. For me, the power is in the telling. The reader may come, the read...

Memoir doesn't always start at childhood, at the point of trauma or near the end of life. Writing about your life comes from a pull th...

We all feel our memories are fading. From an early age, our memories are selectively taking things from the 'active' file, shif...

Why Write About Your Life? I can hear what you're thinking.... You aren't famous... You didn't set a record......