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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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“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...

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Winter 2022 Newsletter: Betwixt & Between Worlds

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!

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Aloha from Maui: Fall/Winter 2021 Newsletter

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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Rebecca Jo Dakota

Sometimes we just need another person to hold the space for us while we change. We might really just need to “move the needle” a little in our self-image, in how we think of ourselves. Having someone else co-visualize that change with us can make all the difference. That’s what Marjorie does. She holds the space for those of us who want to write, who want to write well, who want to finally claim “writer” as a title. Having been in a writing group she led and also attending several writing retreats, I can say that it was Marjorie’s teaching and encouragement that made the difference for me.
Thank you Marjorie.

Phyllis Ryan

My experience in Marjorie’s Memoir Class continues to be a gradual un-layering of my past, which is 87 years old, revealing a life that I had somehow discounted as not important.  Now I am realizing that I am a font of great tales that only I have access to and that perhaps my stories will be as interesting to others as they are to me!
Thanks, Marjorie.

Ruth Sandoval

Working with Marjorie St. Clair has been an eye opening experience!  During our coaching sessions, Marjorie has shown me that I can achieve writing goals that were once only a lifelong dream.  Her knowledge of good writing, astute assessment of my talents and abilities has given me solid ground to begin in earnest.  Marjorie is fearless in challenging her students to stretch to become better writers.

Kristin Kailey

I’m now in the second part of my memoir-writing journey and I know I’m supposed to be here. It’s not easy, but it’s worth it. I start writing about one thing and other, often painful things, arise. This class of beautiful women is a lovely, safe place to explore the ways in which to just get it done. Marjorie’s sweet spirit guides us through each class and I feel it when I’m writing on my own. I’m learning so much about myself.
Thanks Marjorie!

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