Sunday Stories: Love to Stare

I love to stare. No, not the creepy, I’m-looking-at-you kind of stare. I love to stare into the distance and allow my mind the freedom to romp…

Episode #9 – “Ava’s Man” by Rick Bragg

How well do you write similes? On this third Thursday, I share a recommended memoir and what you can learn from it. The writer is... Read More

We have two seasons in Florida.
The beautiful one we’re in now is the this-is-why-I-live-here season.

Have you heard the phrase cat got your tongue? As life story writers, I suppose it would be more like blank page got your pen.... Read More

How do you know where to start writing your life story? Need help figuring that out? If the thought of writing your life story from... Read More

One of the United States’ favorite bards, Mark Twain, offers us great writing advice in the way…

All the time, I hear, “I want to write my life stories, but I never find the time.”

To be a good life story writer, I believe you have to be a good…

We are going to dip into a little book of writing prompts I wrote called…

When a woman in my class asked me to write a saying I used on the board every week, I had no…