Category Archives: Memoir

I finally gave the website a bit of a face lift. Nothing drastic, more a refreshment. I like it, and there’s room to grow with it which I think is important.

It’s funny – every night now I go to bed thinking tomorrow will be the day I finally send my manuscript off – or at least contact an agent to get the ball rolling, and every day I wake up … Continue reading →

I was just asked if my memoir was any closer to being released, and I answered, “every day.” That’s being honest. I can’t say when or even if my memoir will be published, not with any certainty at least. I … Continue reading →

After experimenting with my ending and not being at all happy with how it turned out, I chopped off the part that was causing the problem, and now it seems to have worked out really well. I can incorporate some … Continue reading →

I’ve now moved from  “rough draft” to what I consider “preliminary final draft”. The story is fixed; the structure won’t change. I’m now focusing on the small stuff: tense, grammar, punctuation, etc. If any technical problems show up, well, I’ll … Continue reading →

Funny thing – what I thought was a simple story based on what I remember became a little complicated when I realized what I remembered was not quite what I thought.

I finally received the long-awaited critique and I am very, very happy. Found lots of issues for me to work on and offered many creative ideas to improve the overall story. There were a number of points I disagreed on, … Continue reading →

There are many ways people try to explain what writing a story is like. Just this morning I was on my way home when I started thinking about “dead wood” – I’d earlier told a friend that I was trying … Continue reading →

I’ve begun editing the opening chapter to get rid of dead wood – detail that doesn’t move the story and doesn’t really add to it either. The goal is to make it leaner and meaner with every word carrying its … Continue reading →

Being in a holding pattern is a lonely, scary place to be. You reach out to people for a simple opinion, hoping for a little encouragement, a little truth, and in the end the experience is akin to The Emperor’sNew … Continue reading →