Now that I am receiving positive feedback on my memoir, I find what Greg Mckeown wrote in Effortless, to be true. On page 2020, he writes, “Read to Absorb (Rather Than to Check a Box). There are books I have technically read but I can’t tell you anything about them. On the other hand, there […]
Still feeling overwhelmed by the community response to and support for my book. I looked back at some work I did for a course on writing a book proposal for the university of Wisconsin. Here is how I imagined my target audience. ” Target AudienceThe following information supports the existence of an enthusiastic niche of
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My friend Jane manages Bagatelle in the Crowsnest Pass and for International Women’s Day, she invited me to set up a table to sell my books! This is the first time I have been at an organized event to sell the book that I, me, myself wrote! In many ways a dream come true, to
In Traveling into the Patagonian Wind: My Solo Journey to Joy, I chronicle the six-month journey from Mexico to Chile and Argentina that changed my life. My trip took me away physically, then took me away in my spirit so that I could view my life from the grand perspective first. My travels taught me
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Learning how to write a memoir involved a lot of learning, and some unlearning (ie, I am not writing a research paper anymore). Here are some notes I took, which helped me define the theme of my memoir, from “Fast Draft your Memoir” by Rachel Herron. Six-word memoir: Voiceless woman travels, returns home with voice.
Under one of the themes in my themes book, I’d written “taupe.” It took me a second to recall how that could be a theme. As I write about in my sequel book that I am still editing, I noted the difference in how we Canadians colour our world compared to Latino cultures. In all
One of the many exercises I did while writing my book was to mind map all the different themes I could discover. One that I encountered so many times was hospitality. Here is what I wrote: Hospitality happens despite the dangers embedded in any encounter with a stranger. It gives you the honour of being
I’ve been going back over some of the books I have in my ‘how to write a book’ library and came across another turned down page in Memoir as Medicine by Nancy Slonim Aronie. She taught me how not to ask, “Who would want to read MY memoir?” or “Who would find this interesting?”, but
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After reading the memoirs I’ve written, you will understand how solo travel can help you regain your voice and revive your joy! Walk with me on my six-month exploration of my soul, as I travelled alone from Canada, to Mexico, to Chile and Argentina.
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