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WRITER WORKING ON CASU-11

March 9, 2023 by

The writer working on Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 11 is William Little. The official title of his book is MECHANIC ON THE WING, The Untold Story of Carrier Aircraft Unit Eleven (CASU-11) 1943-1946. I first heard about it in 2019 during a Rick Steves tour of Paris. There was something about meeting a former Navy […]

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PERSONAL MEMOIR, NOT THE OTHER KIND

December 9, 2022 by

Personal memoir says, “Too few people take the time to explore themselves thoroughly.” Unless you’re married. Then it’s too little exploring, too much exploring, what’s with all this exploring, what are you, a narcissist? Funny you’d ask.

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MY MOM THE MOTHER IN LAW

April 29, 2022 by

After a recent mother in law conversation I ended up disappointing myself. Why? Because I took the easy way out with the customary role, traditional values, and ducked the whole thing. Not that I don’t have plenty to say about mothers in law. My dates introduced me to the moms and dads more than a […]

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PROJECT PLAN: HOW TO WRITE A MEMOIR

July 14, 2021 by

Every project plan starts with an idea, a glimmer of light shining in the darkness. It either has a flashing moment of recognition before fading to the places, or finds life on a list of things to do. A ‘To Do’ list, and ‘Action List’, an ‘Order of Operations List.’ This is when an idea […]

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WRITING CONFERENCE UPDATE FROM CHUCK SAMBUCHINO

May 10, 2021 by

How the writing conference update started: Hi David, Chuck Sambuchino here (formerly a long-time editor with Writer’s Digest and the GLA). The GLA is the Guide To Literary Agents, a book I’ve bought. I follow Chuck on Twitter. He sent me a message, which is different than a notification. This is Chuck Sambuchino:

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STOP LYING TO YOURSELF FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH

December 19, 2020 by

A request to stop lying to yourself is to stop believing what you know isn’t true. It goes beyond the private lies we enjoy telling ourselves. How long is that list? Too long to add anyone else’s baloney because we’re already loaded.

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BOOK HISTORY: LIVE IT THEN WRITE IT

January 29, 2020 by

Book history could be about the printing press, except books existed before the printing press. Just not as many, and not all in Europe.

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WRESTLING WITH THE DEVIL, A SUN DEVIL, AND WINNING

January 19, 2020 by

Great wrestling stories are journeys, internally and externally. From The Odyssey, to Tom Sawyer, to Saving Private Ryan, a journey works to transport readers into the lives and times of those written about. Tonya Russo Hamilton joins the ranks of those who capture time and place and deliver a story flowing with streams of emotion.

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CANCER MEMORIES: UNEXPECTED MOMENTS OF LOVE AND KINDNESS

January 13, 2020 by

I made a list of cancer memories to use in my memoir. Not all of them made the cut. A book needs the big stuff; these are the smaller cancer memories:

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HONEST MEMOIR? WHAT OTHER KIND OF MEMOIR IS THERE

October 24, 2019 by

The guy in the picture is a fellow neck cancer guy, Union General U. S. Grant. He’s also a fellow memoir writer, but was it an honest memoir? Not if he didn’t talk about neck cancer. If it lands on a writer’s neck, wouldn’t it be worth writing about? Like every writer, it was his […]

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