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Help! I can’t remember!

July 27, 2017

Photo Credit: jaci XIII Flickr via Compfight cc I often hear a version of this concern in memoir classes/workshops that …

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25 years is a long time that goes by in the blink of an eye

July 6, 2015

For those of you who have read my book, you got to know Digger O’Dell (otherwise known as my dad), …

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Don’t remember? No problem!

April 15, 2015

If you want to write memoir but don’t remember specific details of events, that’s OK. Here’s one way to address the issue.

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What happens when we forget?

August 20, 2014

How long does a story stick with you? At a book club earlier this summer, a woman who grew up …

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