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The Theme-focused Memoir

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:43:52 +0000

While many of the people whom I have helped to write a memoir have come ostensibly to write about their lives – to celebrate some achievement, I would say that many of these people are also writing a mission-driven memoir, a theme-focused memoir. Behind the desire to tell about their lives, there is some intent […]

Working in Saudi Arabia

Colin Guest — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0000

DL: The following is a guest post by a write who co-incidently bears the family name of Guest—Colin Guest. It presents his first days working in Saudi Arabia. The excerpt is form Follow in the Tigerman’s Footsteps / The Memoirs of a Serial Expat. On my arrival at Jeddah Airport, now called the King Abdulaziz […]

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 […]