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The Only Way to Do Memoir: a Storyical Interview

July 26, 2018 Patricia 0Comments

I recently had the privilege of being interviewed on a new podcast about writing and publishing life story. What an honor to share with listeners about the work I love.

Storyical is a relatively new podcast produced by Peta Roberts of Life Story Professionals in Santa Clara, California. Storyical aims to help new authors push through the barriers they might encounter when recording or writing their memoirs. Episodes inspire writers to turn stories into life histories and share practical advice for capturing that story.

First Saturday Writing Workshop: Every Month!

February 25, 2013 Patricia 0Comments

This is a workshop that helps writers come up with topics they might not have otherwise thought to write about. You’ll be given a variety of prompts, with five to fifteen minutes of time to write about a memory related to the prompt. The class aims to tap in to your ability to write without thinking ahead too much. At the…

Everything you always wanted to know…

February 14, 2013 Patricia 0Comments

… about writing your life story, but were too afraid to ask! Why should I write my life story? Where do I start? How do I finish? What should I leave in? What should I take out? Can I write my story even if my spelling and grammar aren’t that great? Should I write about the painful times or just…

Writing Your Life: Spring 2013 Nine-Week Class

February 12, 2013 Patricia 0Comments

Join the fun and sign up for our next nine-week Writing Your Life class, which begins on Thursday, March 14th and runs through Thursday, May 9th. Classes are held on eight consecutive Thursdays from 4:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Marks Street Recreational Center in downtown Orlando. On the ninth week of class, we enjoy a public reading and reception where…

Bringing Your Ancestors to Life

February 12, 2013 Patricia 0Comments

In the last month, I’ve had the great pleasure of spending time with genealogists in Flagler County, The Villages, and Sarasota. Many of them have been researching family history for thirty years or more; one woman dedicated much of the last sixty years to discovering branches of her family tree. That’s a lot of names, dates, and places, but it…

Photo memories

February 6, 2013 Patricia 0Comments

Call to mind a photograph of you as a child that is familiar to you. It may be one that hung on the wall of your home throughout your growing up years or possibly, an image of your young self you’ve recently seen for the first time. How old are you in the photograph? What are you doing? Who else…

Lesson in love

January 30, 2013 Patricia 0Comments

Today, let’s write about love. Who is it or was it in your life who taught you the most about love? What did they teach you? How did they teach you about love? Pay attention to the first name or image that pops into your mind. It might not be who you expect, but don’t immediately push it away. Consider…

The Villages Genealogical Society

January 27, 2013 Patricia 0Comments

Thank you so much for the warm welcome to The Villages Genealogical Society. I was quite impressed with your group and the quality of writing in the few exercises we read. I’m sure yours was wonderful, too. Here’s a link to a copy of the poem I read, “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon and some of the responses written…

Raising the Dead – Writing about Your Ancestors!

January 25, 2013 Patricia 0Comments

You’ve been looking at those boxes of information, the binders of data you’ve so painstakingly assembled over the years of researching your family history. You wonder if your children or grandchildren will treasure all the copies and photographs and documents as much as you do. Unfortunately, they probably won’t. That’s why it’s so important to take the information you have…

Stuffed…lions, and tigers, and bears. Oh my!

January 23, 2013 Patricia 0Comments

Yesterday, I decided I needed a little visual help in promoting my book, Eating an Elephant: Write Your Life One Bite at a Time, so I ventured into a Toys R Us store for the first time in my life and searched until I found just what I was looking for—Alphie the Elephant. Alphie is so soft and huggable that…

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