Tag: Memoir

In April 2014, I wrote about The Plot Sisters, a vibrant group of five Dayton area writers who I first met in Katrina Kittle’s Character Development class. They celebrated with me after I successfully pitched to a New York agent….

Eight of us gathered in a circle in Marcia’s living room for a “Giving and Receiving Love” advanced Imago training.  I flinched, surprised at how startled I felt as our trainers, Marcia and Orli, vulnerably revealed their childhood coping mechanisms…

Linda to visit The Plot Sisters on December 21. I have a long history with The Plot Sisters. I first met this group of vibrant members of Dayton’s supportive writing community in Katrina Kittle’s Character Development Class. Then I met…

Friends who have read my memoir and especially those who have accompanied me on my journey the past eight years of bringing my book into the world have been remarking about how just the right person has come along at…

  Each year TCK Publishing sponsors an award for books in many categories. The award is granted to a book in each genre receiving the highest number of likes from readers, hence the “Reader’s Choice” award. A Long  Awakening to…

We never know when we make a small gesture how it can change a person’s life. Shirley Santo smiled at me from the choir loft at church. She couldn’t have known that her smile meant the world to me. I…

“I’m here tonight because of hundreds, probably thousands of people who helped me.” ~Dave Letterman upon receiving the Mark Twain Prize for Humor. When I heard Dave Letterman acknowledge that he was successful because a lot of people helped him…

Yesterday I did a favor for Rachel. She recently moved, is still feeling overwhelmed with organizing her new space, and I’m pretty good at organizing. It is the least I could do for this angel … a small repayment for…

In my last blog post, I wrote: “For many years as an adult, I hid. I cut myself off from old friends who would have wanted to know what was going on. I didn’t want to tell them.” When our…

People often ask memoirists why we write the story of our life.  Writing is for me a spiritual practice — an exploration of the deepest terrain of my soul. I felt compelled to write my story. In the beginning stages, I…