Monthly Archives: January 2012

The three personas of the memoirist: The author is the person giving the lectures, doing the interviews, and presenting his work to the public. The narrator is the person in the book, telling the story. He lives forever between the … Continue reading →

Got a request for advice from an aspiring writer. Looking back to my humble beginnings, I can’t recall ever thinking that someday, someone would ask me for advice about writing. Here are some points I’ve pondered about for a long … Continue reading →

Sometimes, we don’t know if “courage” is even the issue as it’s often mixed up with honor, shame, a skewered sense of right & wrong, and/or a misplaced sense of loyalty. It took me a decade to write these few … Continue reading →

to face and speak the truth at all cost. This is the first requirement of memoir, the hardest and the most important. Without this, a memoir is merely self-marketing fluff. Fulfilling the requirement might cost the author more than he … Continue reading →