Today, I’m hosting Antoinette Truglio Martin and her touching memoir, Hug Everyone You Know: A Year of Community, Courage, and Cancer. Below the book review and summary is Martin’s article, “Five Journaling Tips When Going Through a Difficult Trial.” WHAT DO YOU DO when your doctor informs you that your […]
TODAY, I have the privilege and honor of sharing my interview with Skye Blaine, author of Bound to Love: A Memoir of Grit and Gratitude. I originally contacted Skye because I wanted to do a series of interviews with local memoir authors in the Napa-Sonoma region where I live. Skye […]
THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE ARTICLES, in which we discuss Sue Monk Kidd’s memoir, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine. Originally published in 1992, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, in which Sue Monk Kidd writes about her awakening […]
HOW WORD CHOICE AFFECTS PACE, TONE, AND VOICE – This Boy’s Life This is the second post in which we examine *This Boy’s Life, by Tobias Wolff, from a writer’s point of view. How does Tobias Wolff manage to draw us into his story? How does he keep us turning […]
