Today, guest blogger Dorothy Skarles shares a note she received from her brother-in-law that relates to all memoir writers. To this, she adds another installment in Dash Off a Memory, Create a Memoir, by revisiting a subject she knows well–Bereavement. Welcome Dorothy. Are You A Couch Potato? This morning, my brother-in-law sent me this little note, and since I feel the sentiment goes […]
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Your Own Custom Blog Signature
Have you ever wanted to add a custom signature to your blog to make your posts more individual and stylish? I found a site that helps you do just that.It’s called MyLiveSignature. I used their free signature-creation-wizard service to come up with the signature at the top and bottom of this post. Your Very Own Custom Blog Signature […]
Incorporating Fragments of Conversation Into Fiction
For a homework assignment in a creative writing class at UCDavis Extension, I was asked to write an incident that included a fragment of conversation, keeping as close to the actual incident as possible. 250 words. Next, I was to write an invented scene containing that same fragment of conversation. 250 words. In other words, I was to: Incorporate […]
Generating Ideas for Your Memoir / Create a Memoir
Today guest blogger and memoir writing teacher, Dorothy Skarles, is doing double-duty. First she provides a list of ideas to help jump-start your memoir. Then she incorporates one of these ideas with her own life experience to offer an example of how it’s done. Welcome Dorothy. Generating Ideas for Your Memoir To get to the […]
15 More Reasons to Blog
In a previous post, Me Blog?, I listed 15 reasons to blog. Now, just forfun, here are an additional 13. To highlight small-time artists with big-time ideas: Roadcarvin.com featuring Todd Duarte’s Charcoal Beige 2006 Custom VF1000F Chopped 998cc. And Poetic Shutterbug. To feature good-will organizations: Holly Van Steyn will soon join the group Up With People on […]
Serendipity
Do you believe in serendipity? While I was writing my first novel I did. No matter where I went, no matter whom I met, it seemed messeges came my way that directly related to the theme and plot of my story. It was eerie. It was mysterious. It was exciting. It made me feel as […]
