Case Study of a Life Story: Part 1 – The Beginning
When people contact me about publishing their memoir or family history, I always encourage them to do so for a family legacy. I make sure they understand that it’s highly unlikely their story will be...
View ArticleCase Study of a Life Story: Part 2 – Writing the Story
In the first installment of the series, I discussed my first meeting with my client Borge Hansen, who had dictated his life story into audiotapes. I transcribed the tapes one side at a time....
View ArticleCase Study of a Life Story: Part 3 – Turning a Story into a Book
As I said in the previous post, the Hansens and I were excited to have a completed story, but it existed on my hard drive and on computer printouts. Borge and Brigitte wanted the story in a book to...
View ArticleCase Study of a Life Story: Part 4 – The Result and Recommendations
Now, long after Borge started recording his life story and a little more than seven months after his first phone call to me, Borge can hold his life story in his hand and share it with those he loves....
View ArticleBook Review: Breaking the Code
Breaking the Code: A Father’s Secret, a Daughter’s Journey, and the Question That Changed Everything Karen Fisher-Alaniz Sourcebooks November 1, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1402261121 Paperback, 336 pages,...
View ArticleNovember is Lifewriting Month
In addition to being National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), November is National Lifewriting Month. Although you aren’t likely to find lifewriting in the dictionary, you can probably guess its...
View ArticleAuthor Interview: Karen Fisher-Alaniz
My guest today is Karen Fisher-Alaniz, author of Breaking the Code: A Father’s Secret, a Daughter’s Journey, and the Question That Changed Everything . I met Karen several years ago through her blog...
View ArticleI Love to Write Day 2012
Today is I Love to Write Day, and 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the event. Author John Riddle started I Love to Write Day to encourage people to write and to nurture a love of writing in children....
View ArticleNo…Not Again!
All of us experience loss in this life, but parents never expect their children to die before they do. Edith Eveon Brown experienced the death of an adult child not once, but twice. Her new book,...
View ArticleWriting Life Stories in November
November is Family Stories Month and National Life Writing Month. I remember as a young child my grandfather telling stories about his days as a cowboy. On holidays when the big extended family...
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