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Surviving Childhood Abuse: A Writer’s Experience

Denise Brown — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 05:55:00 +0000

Congratulations to Denise Brown on the publication of her book, Transcending Darkness: A Memoir of Abuse and Grace. I recently had the opportunity to interview Denise about her experience writing her book on surviving childhood abuse. I am pleased to share her experience. To read Part 2, click here. To read Part 3, click here.—DL […]

Interview with Dana Tramba / Making Peace With The Pieces of My Life

Denis Ledoux — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:03:20 +0000

Denis Ledoux: Can you tell our readers what your book, Making Peace with the Pieces of My Life, is about and why you were compelled to write your book? What was driving you to spend the time, energy, and money to get this book out into the world? Dana: I wanted to reach the divorced […]

Interview with Denis Ledoux French Boy / A 1950s Franco-American Childhood

Denis Ledoux — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:00:57 +0000

DL: The following interview I conducted with myself is available to anyone wishing to reproduce it in a blog, on a website on in print media. We ask only that you let us know you are using the piece. Q. Can you tell our readers what French Boy is about and why you were impelled to write […]

A Year in China with the SARS epidemic

Denis Ledoux — Wed, 10 May 2023 20:16:49 +0000

Denis Ledoux: At The Memoir Network, we had the pleasure of working with Nelida Napuli Co as she polished her memoir, Vinegar and SARS, with one of our editors, Frances King, and focused on book production with Sally Lunt. Because of her insightful articulation of a unique experience—living in China during the SARS epidemic, I […]

Don’t Worry About a Thing / Katherine Sullivan

Denis Ledoux — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:45:00 +0000

Denis Ledoux: At The Memoir Network, we had the pleasure of working with Katherine Sullivan for several years as she edited her memoir, Don’t Worry About a Thing, with one of our editors, Frances King, and focused on book production with Sally Lunt. Because of her insightful articulation of her life experience, I am delighted […]

Surviving Childhood Abuse: a Neglected Child – Part 3

Denise Brown — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000

In this third interview, Denise Brown continues to share her experience of writing Transcending Darkness: A Memoir of Abuse and Grace. This is a startling tale of a neglected child —of an entirely neglected family. To read Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. —DL DL: How do you recommend people deal […]

Surviving Childhood Abuse: Overcoming Trauma- Part 2

Denise Brown — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000

We continue our interview with Denise Brown about writing and publishing her book, Transcending Darkness: A Memoir of Abuse and Grace. Hers is a heroic story of overcoming trauma. To read part 1, click here. To read Part 3, click here. —DL DL: You must have had periods of time in which you were discouraged […]

How to Write A Successful Memoir: Stepping Stones [Part 1]

Marilea Rabasa — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:00:58 +0000

Today’s guest writer is Marilea Rabasa for whose memoir Stepping Stones I had the pleasure of writing a book blurb. Her story—a journey of self-discovery through the hell of substance use disorder— is a moving one. Today we offer the first half of the email interview we conducted with her. The second half will follow […]

How to Write a Successful Memoir: One Memoir Writer’s Experience

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:00:03 +0000

Congratulations to author Dennis Blue who received the 2019 Christian Indie Award in the business category for Through the Eyes of a Fisherman. Dennis is truly one of those authors who was a pleasure to work with. He brought much thoughtfulness to bear on his task, and we are so proud to see his efforts […]

How to Write a Successful Memoir: With No Extraordinary Power

Mary Ellen Ewell — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:29:43 +0000

Mary Ellen Ellwell was a writing client with whom I especially enjoyed working. She brought to the relationship a sense of the value of collaboration. This made the time together a creative one for both of us as we worked together, first with coaching and then with editing—the two often not separable—to write a successful […]