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...