Memoirous

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  Many of us are looking to write memories—either in the form of literary memoir or simply to record family history. This how-to book looks at memoir in small, bite-size pieces, helping the writer to isolate or freeze-frame a moment and then distill it onto paper. 5.0 out of 5 stars   Excellent Fantastic Resource! Reviewed in Australia on November 22, 2018 Verified Purchase I am a huge fan of flash fiction and lurking in my writing interests has been the desire to document my personal history - but it is a daunting process, coming that close to hurts and pains, without just documenting all the good stuff and making a one-sided biog. Jane Hertenstein has made this process soooo much easier by teaching the writer in me to touch into my history in small flashes. That single 'freedom' has made this book so valuable that I have read it twice in the 9 days I have owned a copy! And the second time around I found I was - for the first time - drawn to a style of poetry I feel I could t...

 More Snow! (Friday, 11/18/22) Even the older climate deniers here in Michigan say: I remember when I was a kid, we’d have a foot of snow by Halloween. And, I’m thinking . . . I don’t. But I grew up in Dayton, Ohio, so a little further south. Plus we didn’t have a Great Lake at our doorstep. Up here, Michigan is bordered on three sides by Great Lakes. So, yeah, from the north and west the winds and weather blow through and take that moisture and voila: Snow! When I woke up this a.m. in my cozy Tiny House and climbed down the loft ladder and in the dark looked out the front door windows—there was literally, but not literally, a blanket of snow cascading down the decks off the main house sliding back door. It was perfect and pristine. I wish as a writer I had another word than blanket or carpet. But, it is not a cliché, it is soft and inviting like a blanket and the undulating folds really do resembled mussed bed clothes. When it is this fresh and white and glistening, one on...

  AVAILABLE FROM WHEREVER YOU DOWNLOAD BOOKS We begin with a sudden memory, follow it to see where it leads. Yet so many of us tend to ignore these flashes. We think later yet later on we might have forgotten or lost the relevance of the moment, the urgency that led us there. I recommend a process I call write right now. In the amount of time it takes you to brush your teeth, you can jot down the memory and an outline which can be filled in later. The prompts in this book are designed to spur memories, to get you writing. I’ll also direct you to resources, authors to read and study, and places to submit.  5.0 out of 5 stars   Don't Create Without It! 5.0 out of 5 stars   Great writing prompts -- no more writer's block! 5.0 out of 5 stars   Great for writers and teachers of writing. 5.0 out of 5 stars   Terrific resource for flash

I awake under my warm blankets in my little loft My nose close to the ceiling where my breath and The frigerator humming down below create its own heat After climbing down, the cold ceramic tiles stun the feet I hustle to my toilet, as cold as an outhouse, soon though The thermostat is pushed up and the tiny house is cozy And the light is on, paler light still outside my window, trying trying To wake up the world, the sky almost a haze, then The first specks, not even flakes, more like paint splatter appear Dotting the deck, optical illusions, almost, could be But soon the leaves are covered in a carpet of white and a hush As it comes down, ticket-tape confetti to celebrate the season It’s November and the bare trees hold forth catching snowflakes On their tongue boughs, the first taste of winter   We expect an inch or two