Watch my final video in preparation for this weekend's day-long workshop, Micro-Memoir: The Art of Writing Short.
You may not consider yourself a writer, but you do have stories. I'm going…
Sunday is Mother's Day, so it's the perfect time to share some fabulous memoirs about motherhood.
There are so many intriguing options on the list--Maya Angelou's Mom & Me & Mom and Nadja Spiegelmanto'sI Am Supposed to Protect You From All This: A Memoir are just two--and of course there are, because there aren't many topics more universal than motherhood. There aren't many relationships more complex and spiritual than that of a mother to her child, either.
Last week, I introduced you to Lezlie Laws, and you were able to listen to the first part of our recent conversation about her brilliant TIA (thank-intend-ask) journals. This week, as promised, I share the second half, as well as more details about upcoming events you can enjoy with the fabulous Lezlie Laws.
If you missed last week’s audio interview, you can catch up and listen here.
To hear the second half, click the audio file below or read the transcript of part two.
I hope you enjoyed last week's video about micro-memoir, a genre that delves into life stories told start to finish in fewer than 1,000 words.
This week, I continue my discussion…
Today is the third of May, 2018. Did you know that one of the most influential, revolutionary paintings in art history is titled The Third of May 1808?
Francisco Goya’s The Third of May 1808 commemorates a Spanish uprising against French occupation and depicts a moment when French soldiers gun down captured Spanish revolutionaries.
I have been talking a lot about our Five-Year Journals lately. I explained how I use mine in this video, shared the benefits of writing in one, and showed how easy it is to do. One Writing Your Life follower recently told me, “If you can brush your teeth, you can write in your five-year journal!” It really can be that quick and easy.
Maybe you’re just starting out with a brand new five-year journal, or perhaps you’ve been writing in one for years and are on your second or third five-year journal. In any case, you’re journaling. Now what? What is the point of doing this, again?
At the end of every month, I'd like to shine the spotlight on someone deserving of your attention.
This month's spotlight is focused on my new, talented client, Margaret Allyn Greene Best, also known as Peggy Best.
Peggy comes to Writing Your Life through my memoir workshops. I am now happy to be helping her organize her fascinating life into, as she puts it, "a cohesive story line."
A group of long-time Writing Your Life class members—Beverly Bailey, Robin Ogilvie, Diane Gosheff, Loyd Gilley and his wife Marilyn, my husband Bob and I—gathered on the veranda (I have to use veranda. Porch just doesn’t cut it for a night like this.) of the Lakeside Inn in Mt. Dora, watching the sun set, enjoying great company and wonderful meals.
(L-R) Marilyn Gilley, Cheryl Floyd, Loyd Gilley, Bob Guerrette and Patricia Charpentier, Robin Ogilvie, Beverly Bailey, and Diane Gosheff
I’ve often talked about my mentor, Lezlie Laws of LifeArt Studio, and how she, way back in the early 1990s, helped me start writing again after fifteen years of not putting pen to paper. For that, I am deeply grateful.
In the last three or four years, Lezlie has served as a different type of mentor for me. She is a creativity coach with a mission to guide “people to make the life and the art they born to create” and grow into the next best version of themselves—mind, body, and spirit.
Mother's Day is coming up, and I have the perfect gift idea for you. I bet you can guess what I'm going to suggest...
You're right--a Five-Year Journal!
I have been talking about my Five-Year Journals for so long now that I forget many of you may not know the story of how I came to create my own version.
I went into my News archives to find an article I wrote back in 2012, and I thought I'd share it with you today. In it, I talk about how I designed and then filled my very own Five-Year Journals. Click here to read it.
Sunday is Mother's Day, so it's the perfect time to share some fabulous memoirs about motherhood.
There are so many intriguing options on the list--Maya Angelou's Mom & Me & Mom and Nadja Spiegelmanto's I Am Supposed to Protect You From All This: A Memoir are just two--and of course there are, because there aren't many topics more universal than motherhood. There aren't many relationships more complex and spiritual than that of a mother to her child, either. 
Today is the third of May, 2018. Did you know that one of the most influential, revolutionary paintings in art history is titled The Third of May 1808?
Francisco Goya’s The Third of May 1808 commemorates a Spanish uprising against French occupation and depicts a moment when French soldiers gun down captured Spanish revolutionaries.
I have been talking a lot about our Five-Year Journals lately. I explained how I use mine in this video, shared the benefits of writing in one, and showed how easy it is to do. One Writing Your Life follower recently told me, “If you can brush your teeth, you can write in your five-year journal!” It really can be that quick and easy.
At the end of every month, I'd like to shine the spotlight on someone deserving of your attention.
This month's spotlight is focused on my new, talented client, Margaret Allyn Greene Best, also known as Peggy Best.
Peggy comes to Writing Your Life through my memoir workshops. I am now happy to be helping her organize her fascinating life into, as she puts it, "a cohesive story line."
Mother's Day is coming up, and I have the perfect gift idea for you. I bet you can guess what I'm going to suggest...
You're right--a Five-Year Journal!
I have been talking about my Five-Year Journals for so long now that I forget many of you may not know the story of how I came to create my own version.
I went into my News archives to find an article I wrote back in 2012, and I thought I'd share it with you today. In it, I talk about how I designed and then filled my very own Five-Year Journals. Click here to read it.