BIKINIS, BOMBS AND BABIES: Part Two
Aloha & Welcome to My Blog All writers have to face into their own ideas and experiences of fear, grief, and sorrowful situations if they’re going to write about them with any authenticity; whether it’s those experienced and recalled in memoir writing, or...
BIKINIS, BOMBS AND BABIES: Part One
Aloha & Welcome to My Blog First, I’m enjoying the comments to my blogs some of you are sending & the opportunity it gives to re-connect with many of you! Thanks! MEMOIR TIP: Here’s a simple but important tip when you’re writing your memoir. It helps your...
Radioactive Fallout
Aloha & Welcome to My Blog One aspect of writing a memoir is to show how your main character, YOU, has changed over time. What events or situations caused that change? Did the change happen slowly over many years or was it quick? These changes are but a few...
War and Faith
Aloha & Welcome to My Blog Writing your memoir means you’re looking back at things, people & events that happened in your life, some of them wonderful and some, not so much. One very difficult time in my life was when my then husband was sent to Vietnam, just...
Why I Can’t Recommend a Life in the Military
Aloha & Welcome to My Blog Becoming an independent woman can require a lot of work, especially if you’re what I call “a daughter of the patriarchy” meaning you look to men as the ultimate authorities in the world. Independent women through the ages have...
When It’s Time to Speak Out!
Aloha & Welcome to My Blog Women are raised to care for others, to be nurturing & sweet, and unless you enjoy being called a bitch, you should never raise your voice or be aggressive! Above all, never show anger, which is unacceptable behavior for a woman...
“Two Steel Magnolias Walk Into a Feminist Meeting…”
Aloha & Welcome to My Blog! Each week I will include an excerpt of my new memoir A Southern Belle In Paris, which will hit Amazon & IngramSpark (order through your bookstore) the end of September. You can pre-order your copy HERE. FIRST: A WORD ON WRITING YOUR...
Announcing Marjorie’s New Memoir “A Southern Belle in Paris”
Announcing Marjorie's New Memoir "A Southern Belle In Paris: Bikinis, Bombs, de Beauvoir & Billy Bob" THE HEART IS OUR REFUGE As I sat down on this beautiful August morning on Maui to finish this newsletter announcing my new book, a memoir called A Southern Belle...
Winter 2022 Newsletter: Betwixt & Between Worlds
As we begin our journey into the New Year of 2022, I am reminded of the two faces of the Roman God Janus, with one older face looking backwards to the past and one younger face looking forward to the future. When I look back, both 2020 and 2021 are a bit hazy and memories are fuzzy around the edges like pastel chalks rubbed and blended together. I admit that I really don’t understand how it’s even possible that we’re now in the year 2022!
Aloha from Maui: Fall/Winter 2021 Newsletter
Aloha from the beautiful island of Maui! As we come to the last months of 2021 and prepare for the upcoming holidays, we pause to give thanks for all our blessings of family, friends, health and for every situation that has led us to this precious moment in time.
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