Memoir
Creating Your Life Short Story
Thursday, February 5th, 2009I was recently sent a story by someone who asked, “Should it be a short or long story?” The text was just about 12 pages making it a longer short story.
The thing is this story could go two ways. The themes of invincibility, love, and loss addressed in the piece could be expounded upon, fleshing [...]
Write Your Life Story in 2009
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Have you ever thought of writing down your life story?
You have a great childhood story you would like to share.
You would like to collect family histories from a favorite relative.
You would like to leave a legacy for your children.
The first mistake people make is thinking they have to write about every aspect of their [...]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Spiritual Autobiography
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Spiritual Autobiography: What are your spiritual beliefs? Are you a new age kind of person or were you raised in a traditional religion. Either way you have experiences to relate. Spend some time describing your spiritual life. What does your family belief? Do you follow those beliefs or have you discovered your own? Begin at [...]
A Spiritual Writing
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.”
~ Stephen Covey
My bookshelves cover a range of books from Eric Butterworth, John Randolph Price, and Marianne Williamson, to the traditional books of the major religions such as the Bible, to the Bhagavad-Gita. My religious upbringing was in [...]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Visualize
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Visualize: Image what your life will look like with dreams fulfilled. How do you look? How do you feel? Visualizing helps draw the desired result closer to you.
Write the story of your goal fulfilled. Is it a review of the book/movie/play you finally wrote? Put lots of detail in there. Describe picking up your award. [...]
Family History - Making the Past Present
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008“Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.” ~ Hermann Hesse Swiss (German-born) author (1877 - 1962)
What is your history?
A narrative of events or a story, your particular history is unique. One perspective does not define a family history. If you can relate [...]





