Magical Memoir Moments
A Good Day is a Gutsy Day: How You Can Win a Free Book or Download a Bargain
It’s a good day today. In no spectacular way. It’s good just by waking up, alive, in a “warm” house (I’m grateful for the afghan made by my mother-in-law and a prayer shawl give to me by Mennonite women this fall). Then there was coffee, and breakfast with Stuart, who made the steel-cut oats. Lots…
Staring Death in the Face: How I Became a Gutsy Mennonite Memoirist
Are Mennonites “gutsy”? How about memoirists? My guess is that you may have had more problem answering “yes” to the first question than to the second. So here’s a Mennonite confession. I’ve always admired gutsy-ness. If you read to the very end of this post, you’ll understand why. First, let me introduce you to a…
Gutsy: An Indie Publishing Success Story Interview
Gutsy author Sonia Marsh has an incredible story. It’s the story of a mom (and a dad) who fled the rat race and saved their family by moving to Belize for a year. How do I know about Sonia? I first wrote about her, one of my Santa Barbara Writers Conference friends, when she started her…
Going to Chris Guillebeau's World-Class Book Launch: The Art of Nonconformity
This is just a note to let you know that I plan to attend a New York City book launch for Chris Guillebeau’s new book The $100 Start Up tonight. He calls his tour the world’s first seven continent book tour. I found Chris’s website over a year ago because of one of his fans…
Contests for Memoir Writers — And Resources to Help You Prepare
It’s the season to be jolly and give shout outs to other bloggers and teachers. First, let me tell you about a contest from one of my “oldest” online writing buddies, Sonia Marsh. She and I met at the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference in 2008 — or was it 2009? At any rate, we’ve both…
In Praise of Book Reviews and An Invitation to Review
Did you ever think about how important book reviews are? Jo Parfitt, over at Write Your Life Stories explains just why and how books and book reviews need each other in this post called “The brilliance of book reviews.” If you love to read, you can help your favorite author by writing a review. Using…
What Are Your Memoir Questions?
One of my blogging friends, Sonia Marsh, (http:gutsywriter.blogspot.com) introduced me to a Mennonite blogger from Paraguay, Betty Wiens (http:bettywiens.com). I am grateful for the connection and recommend both blogs to you, dear reader. Betty Wiens did something on her latest series of posts that I would like to try. She polled her readers: what would…