Connecting with Family: Leaving the World Behind to Camp with Family
Thinking of charade behind the bed curtain Why do you go on a family vacation? For us, it’s a chance to place the world on hold and totally enjoy being with …
What to Write in Those Confounded Chapters
What to say; what to say… What’s your method for filling your chapters with words? I begin with my outline topics for each chapter. I do a lot of staring …
5 Steps to the Perfect Family Camping Trip
The crew’s ready to help Step 1: Start planning your trip before the campgrounds open for the season. Meet with the family to get everyone’s input. Determine the type …
Writing is not a Cookie-Cutter Science
Writing is not a cookie cutter deal Take all suggestions to your writing as just that—suggestions. It is, after all, your writing, not someone else’s. This is why it is …
The Need for Objective Readers: Writing Partners
Writers helping Writers Many times, I don’t see what’s missing from my scenes or story. In memoir, the writer has lived through these adventures, and in most cases, can still …
How to Entertain the Family at Camp Without a Car
Always the Fisherman Whereas our son is a born fisherman—mosquito bites and all—his father is not. However on vacation in New Brunswick, Canada, everyone needs to enjoy his or herself. …
Easy to Love But Hard to Raise Memoir
A worthy Parenting Memoir Easy to Love but Hard to Raise is a finalist for about.com’s best special needs parenting memoir of 2012. This book is about children with “invisible” …
Details and Description in Memoir
My inspiration in many ways When writing memoir, the author needs to remember that while she can see the cast of characters and the settings in a scene, the …
A Walk on the Ocean Floor
Hopewell Rocks “How would you like to walk on the ocean floor and not get wet,” my husband asked the children one day when he returned from work. …
Writers: Know Thyself
If only this would work! Just as there are many ways to outline a novel or memoir, there are many ways to set up a writing routine. Finding the time …