Memoir Writing Insights

Not your usual interview spot, but the person I interviewed asked to do it in the main "Independence Square" in Podgorica (the capital of Montenegro). 2019 “Oh, that is very interesting,” was the comment I received from an older lady sunbathing on a lounger on my holidays, who suddenly stood up to ask me questions about memoir ghostwriting while I waited for my Greek coffee and chatted to a new friend about where the industry was heading. It is often the first reaction I g

A few prepared questions before each visit can make the whole process of preserving your parent’s life story more manageable As we go through life and mature, things and processes naturally change, and we consider (as we should) that our parents getting older is just a normal phase in life. But as life goes by and we are drawn into and absorbed in our everyday internal chaos at home or at work, we rarely pause to note the questions we’ve been meaning to ask them. As a cl

Photo by hudsoncrafted on Unsplash I understand the feeling very well. The blank page in front of you can be alarming, daunting and scary, leading to procrastination and frustration. You sip your freshly brewed coffee or tea in the morning, hoping that something will come to you — but nothing seems to work. I am not immune to it either and struggle with it sometimes. Being a memoir writer is my everyday job - it is what I do. I’ve got a few techniques that would help you r