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May 3, 2021
A Crash Course in Memoir Writing by Rachel Michelberg
Memoirist Rachel Michelberg shares how she became a reluctant caregiver fir a loved one.
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April 26, 2021
The Psychology of Place by Carole Bumpus
Posted by Kathleen Pooler/@kathypooler with Carole Bumpus/@CaroleBumpus A retired family therapist, CAROLE BUMPUS, commenced writing about food and travel after she first began traveling through Italy and France. Having been introduced to the pleasures of the palate by spending time with local families in their homes, she also was introduced to their familial stories of love and war. She completed more than seventy-five interviews of families to […]
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April 4, 2021
What Stories are You Living?: Author Highlight with Carol Pearson, Ph.D.
Posted by Kathleen Pooler/@kathypooler with Carol Pearson, Ph.D. “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”~ Aristotle So many of us today are yearning for greater depth, and we can use archetypal stories as portals to find that depth as we engage in the practical tasks of living moral and productive lives. What Stories Are You […]
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March 29, 2021
A Walk with My Father: A Memoir Moment”
Posted by Kathleen Pooler/@kathypooler “What a father says to his children is not heard by the world but it will still be heard by posterity.”~Jean Paul Richter Just checking in. I know I’ve been absent from cyberspace lately. Tending to my chronic health issues has become a priority—nothing major. Just a matter of course for […]
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March 8, 2021
Guns and Gods in My Genes by Neill McKee: A WOW Blog Tour
Posted by Kathleen Pooler/@kathypooler with Neill McKee/@McKeeNeill Book Summary Neill McKee, author of the award-winning travel memoir Finding Myself in Borneo, takes the reader through 400 years and 15,000 miles of an on-the-road adventure, discovering stories of his Scots-Irish ancestors in Canada, while uncovering their attitudes towards religion and guns. His adventure turns south and west […]
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March 1, 2021
Save the Cat! Tips to Stress Test Scenes and Dialogue By Cory Milles: A WOW Blog Tour
Posted by Kathleen Pooler/@kathypooler I am pleased to feature this unique group of resources for writers of prose, poetry, and screenplays. As writers, we can all use a little guidance along the way. First, what is Save the Cat!®? Save the Cat! provides writers the resources they need to develop their screenplays and novels based […]
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February 22, 2021
Using Travel to Deal with Life’s Transitions by Susan Pohlman
Posted by Kathleen Pooler/@kathypooler with Susan Pohlman I am not the same having seen the moon shine from the other side of the world. – Mary Anne Radmacher A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes The traveler sees what he sees. The […]
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February 15, 2021
A Valentine Love Story
Love isn’t all hearts and flowers. It’s also perseverance, forgiveness, patience in the face of insurmountable challenges.
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February 1, 2021
A Childhood Memory: Real or Imagined?
Posted by Kathleen Pooler/@kathypooler “Memory is imagination, and imagination is memory. I don’t think we remember the past, we imagine it.” ~ John Bancroft, Writer A Childhood Memory: Real or Imagined? Memory is an elusive companion, especially to a memoirist who is obligated to tell a story based upon the truth as it is remembered. […]
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January 25, 2021
How Memory and History Help Writers Connect with Their Readers by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
Posted by Kathleen Pooler /@kathypooler with Caitlin Hamilton Summie “A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.” – Norman Cousins I am thrilled to feature Caitlin Hamilton Summie in this guest post about her new book, To Lay to Rest Our Ghosts. […]
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