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Arranging Things: My Book Tour and My Personality
Occasionally, a small bright insight illuminates our lives and helps to make sense of what is happening. That happened to me last week as I was juggling dates for the Northwest Book Tour I’m planning for May. To sort the … Continue reading
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Set the Scene or Drop It
I recently returned from a 12-day trip to the Hudson River Valley. Our group visited Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s home, the Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt estate, learned about slavery in the area and toured the 18th century Gomez sawmill site. … Continue reading
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Writing Workshop: January 14, 2012
A few times every year, I help those interested in writing their own memoirs gain confidence and comfort with writing, and offer advice on memoir writing that I have gained from my own experience as an author. My next offered … Continue reading
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Next Writing Workshop: September 17th
A few times every year, I help those interested in writing their own memoirs gain confidence and comfort with writing, and offer advice on memoir writing that I have gained from my own experience as an author. The next workshop … Continue reading
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Thank You For the Memories
Writing requires time alone. Over Memorial Day Weekend, I was alone for almost two days. One day I stayed in my sleeping sweats for 24 hours! Alone, but not lonely, I devoted hours to reading little notes in little journals and on … Continue reading
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My Place in the Boat
“To be a writer,” says Wallace Baine in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, “is to engage in the lonely arts. Those of us who write are constantly wrestling with envy of those engaged in collaborative arts, because directing a movie, playing … Continue reading
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How Did I Get to Alamos
In my previous post, I talked about how a few of the women of Alamos, Sonora, Mexico planned to profile each of the fabulous women there and ask them to write the story of how they arrived in Alamos. Here … Continue reading
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Progress
I promised myself that during the month of March I’d finish writing the final section of my book. It summarizes the third and final peace walk I joined: in 1988, 200 Soviets came to walk with 150 Americans in the … Continue reading
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Ten Minutes a Day
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…writing for just ten minutes a day will prime the pump and stimulate your creativity. Memories will drift up and out the ends of your fingers onto the page. I encourage the … Continue reading
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