Dorothy Ann Skarles is back with another lesson on how to create a memoir. Yes, concerning secrets. Welcome Dorothy. Warning! Secrets will cause writer’s block. The telling of a secret may make you feel guilty, but it is the knowledge of family discovering what has been concealed over the years that will stop you from writing your life […]
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Dash Off a Memory / Create a Memoir, Lesson Two
Once again, my friend and critique partner, Dorothy Ann Skarles, is sharing one of her lessons on how to create a memoir. Here’s hoping she will continue to share her lessons, maybe even start a series. Dorothy taught memoir writing at Lodi Adult School until her retirement. She is the author of two novels and one non-fiction book—Learning To […]
Dash Off a Memory / Create a Memoir, Lesson One
Note to Reader: My friend and critique partner, Dorothy Ann Skarles, has generously offered to share one of her lessons on how to create a memoir. Dorothy taught memoir writing at Lodi Adult School until her retirement. She is the author of two novels and one non-fiction book, Learning to Write the Easy Way, published by Twilight […]
Dash Off A Memory / Create A Memoir
Are you trying to decide if the writing life is for you? Today, my friend and critique partner Dorothy Ann Skarles introduces her book, Learning to Write the Easy Way for Fun, Posterity and Money, in which she helps you discover your hidden writing talent. As she says in her introduction, “Connecting with your own past in a […]
Light Master Teachers
In an article titled A sprig of verbena and the gifts of a great teacher, Kathleen Parker of the Washington Posts Writers Group wrote about light master teachers who “hit the light switch and change one’s life.” For Kathleen it was James Gasque, an 11th grade English teacher, who stood up for her in class when her […]
End of Summer, You Reap What You Sow
I woke up Tuesday morning to fog, a surprise, since it was the last day of August in California, still summer as far as I was concerned. At first I panicked, thought there was a fire nearby and that we were surrounded by a huge cloud of smoke. But that idea fizzled quickly enough. No […]
