New Years Resolutions and Top Ten Lists

1. Start writing. A paragraph, a thought or a post-it note. Before you can finish you need to start. 2. When you get to February review this list. Pay attention to 1. If you have not started–my guess it will be on you do list for 2012. . . . → Read More: New Years Resolutions and Top Ten Lists

Writing For Family…

This past weekend I spent the weekend asking my own mother about the relatives she rarely talked about. I must also say that one of the first books I wrote was my own mothers so I had a lot of information about her own family and her growing up . . . → Read More: Writing For Family…

My Favorite Things Have a Story

I am not sure if you have ever thought about it, but all the things that I have special feelings about, have a story. There could be a story about how I bought it or a story about if it was given to me. Look at your own things and pick those things . . . → Read More: My Favorite Things Have a Story

Get Writing…No Excuses!

here are different thoughts about how to start a writing project. Some people think you need to do an outline of your life to give you the guide to start writing. This path means you start at the beginning of our life and you proceed in a straight order.Some people need a linear order to write and keep writing. Another thought is to do a time line where you list the major dates of events of your life . . . . → Read More: Get Writing…No Excuses!

Everyone is writing their memoir. Why not you?

I write this column for most of us that who want to write a book for your families not financial success. These life stories might be commercially successful if marketed but that is not the reason for writing them. It really is to add a connection with the family members that they might have a sense of who came before them. . . . → Read More: Everyone is writing their memoir. Why not you?

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