Before I post my #MemoirFest Prompts for each day, I like to go to Goodreads to see what other writers have said about that prompt, and normally, I find beautifully crafted and inspirational words. But when I looked at the quotes about school, I was a bit surprised, as I was reminded that School was…
#MemoirFest Day 4: Write about a Primary Caregiver – Write about What You Know
The prompts for both days 1 and 2 had to do with the writing about a specific House that you have known well. There are a few golden nougats in those prompts: Write about a House — something that is concrete and not abstract. Write Specifically Write about What You Know I’ll repeat Tips 2…
#MemoirFest Day 3 – Write about a Place Outdoors – Write about Nature
You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles…
#MemoirFest Day 2: Write about the Setting for a Specific House – Read about the Settings for One Picture Book & Two Novels
Today, we are going to begin to dig a little deeper into that specific house that you wrote about on Day 1. We are going to begin describing that house’s setting. “Places are never just places in a piece of writing. If they are, the author has failed. Setting is not inert. It is activated…
#MemoirFest Day 1: Write about a House That Is Significant In Some Way
#MemoirFest Day 1 Prompt: Write about a House For now, don’t overanalyze this prompt, but just think about one specific house from your past–or even your current house–and free-write about it. The house could be your childhood home or your grandmother’s house or your Great Aunt Ada’s house. Just think about a house that you…
Louisa May Alcott HER Life, Letters, and Journals
Louisa May Alcott HER Life, Letters, and Journals. EDITED BY EDNAH D. CHENEY BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1898 Copyright, 1889, By J. S. P. Alcott. INTRODUCTION. It is therefore impossible to understand Miss Alcott’s works fully without a knowledge of her own life and experiences. By inheritance and education she had rich and peculiar…
Autumn Equinox Is September 22 – What Is Autumn Equinox?& Myths about the Sun and Moon
In 2001, September 22 is Autumn Equinox or Autumn Solstice. There are two equinoxes — one is in September, and one in March. An equinox is when the times of night and day are about equal. After the Autumn Equinox, the days begin to get shorter, and after the Spring Equinox, the days begin to…
September Is Apple Pie Time and the Month When Johnny Appleseed Was Born
For a very long time, I have associated September with apples. During September, the weather begins to cool just a bit, and in most places, children return to school in September. Teachers are often associated with apples, and September is the month when teachers all across the USA are busy creating new bulletin boards and…
Why Does A Writer Need A Platform & Marketing Strategy?
Charlie Chaplin on Wall Street – Photo Taken in 1918 In 1918 Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks mounted the top of Federal Hall to petition people to buy War Bonds to support World War I. In the above photo, Chaplin Chaplin was standing on the shoulders of his friend and fellow actor Douglas Fairbanks. By…
Plan for Success: The Importance of Planning
“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. “Were do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.’ “ When I am writing creatively, I prefer an…