If you haven’t signed up yet for Saturday, March 20th, all-day workshop in Hot Springs Village on writing from life for memoirs, family reunions, geneology, or profit, you still can.
We have 52, yes, that’s right, FIFTY-TWO PAID AS OF MONDAY! Come and join the fun. We will learn, read, write and generally share the writing [...]
Ever wanted to write down your family history, or your own story, or something that you want to share from your life with readers? Here’s a chance to spend a day learning, sharing, and writing about exactly that. Great for the family genealogist, family reunion memoirs, scrapbook makers, family photo archives,the memory writer, nonfiction writers, and anyone who ever thought about some that really happened.”I bet that would make a great article for…” Come and get started with my FAMILY FOLKLORE workshop.
Like you, I get so many emails from friends about one thing and another. Many humorous, some serious, some a bit out there. Some I pass on, others I think, hm. This one made me smile at its cleverness
Sometimes good news comes from the past. I’ve just discovered, 5 years after it’s first printing, that House Housekeeping included my grandmother Eva’s Coconut Cake Recipe in their 2004 edition. And it’s still available.
Checklist for Story Ideas: ways to tell if your storyline is on track. To be used as a reference guide, a quick check of the checklist will help you identify weaknesses and how to think about solving them.
8th Annual Florida Writers Conference
I’ve discovered that, as a writer who writes by the seat of her jeans, that something else keeps creeping into my storylines. They are what I call the Backstreet Capers: those little teaser storylines that seem to have nothing to do with the book’s subject manner and are often seen as played for laughs. So I’m starting a contest called the CHICKEN CAPER.
In today’s fiction my main character is certain to be female and forty plus, sometimes decades plus, yet she will still be a vital, smart, sensually attractive, HARD-WORKING fully-alive human being. Fiction has caught up with a Baby Boomer truth: Life doesn’t end at forty or fifty. It doesn’t even slow down.
The question is: Any tips on doing a class for non-fiction writing? Especially auto-biographical.
1st entry in a new category: Once Upon A Time. A place to read writing tips on subjects that range from formulating ideas, fleshing of ideas, characterization, mood, setting, research, etc.
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