Meet Tim Yocum. At a reading given by our mutual friend, Charlene Edge, author of Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International, Tim and…
It’s always a good time to write, but how do you write time?
As with just about everything in writing, it depends. According to the Chicago Manual of Style, the guide…
Thank you to the women who made the sold-out Spiritual Memoir workshop last Saturday, July 15th great. We examined various meanings of the word spiritual, looked at what constitutes memoir,…
The Space Coast Writers Guild, an organization based in Melbourne, Florida, "dedicated to encouraging, instructing and developing writers of all genres," has issued a call for submissions for their latest…
Last week, I received three requests in one day from people asking for help to write their parents' stories. I regularly get these types of unsolicited requests but not usually…
I’ve been immersed in all things nonphysical these last couple of weeks as I prepare for my Spiritual Memoir workshop this Saturday, July 15th. So, anyway, I’m watching a quirky…
More than three years ago, a longtime Florida friend called me to ask a favor: “With my new baby at home, would you take on a few work tasks for…
What do a scientist/animal activist, a boxer, and a rock star have in common? They all wrote spiritual memoirs, and if they did it, so can you. As the wide…
I met Norma Beasley years ago when she attended a workshop I gave at a community church, and since that first meeting, I have learned so many fascinating things about…
I recently read an article by Thomas Larson titled, “Leo Tolstoy and the Origins of Spiritual Memoir.” In the piece, Larson discusses Tolstoy’s A Confession, a book published in 1882…