Tag Archives: memoir

Memoir for the Infamous: In Six Words or More

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Laura Orsini

Memoir for the Infamous: In Six Words or More by Joyce Lefler “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Legend has it that Ernst Hemingway considered this six-word memoir to be his best work. You don’t have to be famous to … Continue reading →

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Me(moir). It’s All About Me – Or is it?

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Laura Orsini

Me(moir). It’s All About Me – Or is it? by Joyce A. Lefler My past wasn’t sexy. It was messy, tedious, and gut-wrenchingly horrific. There were moments of euphoria and joy, but mostly it was sad, made me cry, and … Continue reading →

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The Effective Author: The Tapestry of Realities in Your Writing

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Laura Orsini

The Effective Author: The Tapestry of Realities in Your Writing © 2018 Kebba Buckley Button, MS, OM. World Rights Reserved. Kebba.com Different levels of “reality” are perceived as “real” by different people. Atheists and Christians, literalists and metaphysicians, flat-world adherents … Continue reading →

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An Extraordinarily Beautiful Memoir

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Laura Orsini

An Extraordinarily Beautiful Memoir by Jack Dermody At a Phoenix Publishing & Book Promotion Meetup, it was enough for me to just glance quickly at Jan Krulick-Belin’s brand new memoir, Love Bill. The cover itself is a work of beauty. … Continue reading →

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Memoir as Revisionist History?

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Laura Orsini

Memoir as Revisionist History? by Jack Dermody In The Art of Memoir, author Mary Karr claims to give early drafts of her memoirs to the people she writes about and asks them for their critiques. Would you do that? Would … Continue reading →

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Trick or Treat

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Laura Orsini

Trick or Treat by Patricia Grady Cox My trick is that I’m again writing a blog on Halloween, but I’m going to ignore that fact and pretend it’s just a regular day. I’m sure there are enough Halloween/All Saints/Day of … Continue reading →

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It’s Really Been a Ride!

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Laura Orsini

It’s Really Been a Ride! by Virginia Williams It wasn’t until I started riding motorcycles at age 55 that I really started writing. Oh yes, I’d done some writing as a girl, winning a couple articles in the local newspaper … Continue reading →

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Forty-Five Years Is a Long Time

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Laura Orsini

Forty-Five Years Is a Long Time by Eduardo Cerviño Alzugaray Cuba is a nation frozen in time. For tourists visiting the island for a couple weeks, this is part of the charm. After all, some of the buildings you may … Continue reading →

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