#writingmemoir

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mini-revelation of the day:

Writing about my teenage era feels like a sudden trip by a loose floorboard; one sec I’m tracing old friendship fractures with a steady hand, the next my stomach flips like I’m fifteen again, waiting for an invite that never comes. I don’t just re-call—I re-feel. First love bubbles up hot and giddy, heartbreak leaves me winded, and some part of me braces to pass him in the hallway. I thought I was just stuck with childhood grief, recycling the same sadness on an endless loop. But then I write his name, and my gut folds like it did at seventeen. It’s awkward—especially with a whole new life in the next room—but that’s how you know you’re writing from the wound, not just about it.

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In my work as a speaking coach, I get to meet the most incredible people. One of those people is Kim Campbell, widow of music legend Glen Campbell. Kim’s book Gentle On My Mind: In Sickness and In Health with Glen Campbell is a beautiful autobiography of their 34-year marriage and his very public battle with Alzheimers disease. Kim’s become an advocate for caregivers and I was so happy to be able to interview her for my upcoming Resilience Series. In the meantime, this is a wonderful book for fans of Glen, for caregivers, and for people of Christian faith. Thanks, Kim! More information about my speaker coaching: link in my bio. #WritingIsLove #WritingProcess #MemoirWriters #WritingMemoir #WomenWritersOfInstagram #AuthorCommunity #WritersJourney #WriterInspiration #WritersLife📚#LiteraryLifestyle https://www.instagram.com/p/CJJt749hy1M/?igshid=5dcxpmcy1rf5

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It’s chilly and dark this morning, like summer turned to fall overnight. Even when it feels dark, the light is always there, even though sometimes it’s just a glimmer. Take a breath, know the light will return. #writingislove #writingprocess #memoirwriters #writingmemoir #womenwritersofinstagram #authorcommunity #writersworkshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2Z_DXhSqu/?igshid=1m432sl7vb8dg

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Last week Rachel Maddow opened her show with this, “Will you wake up on Election Day knowing that you have done EVERYTHING you could?” I have thought about that all week. I’m not going to list everything I’ve done, but I examined it and realized the one thing I haven’t was text a family member in a swing state and ask them to vote blue. It wasn’t an easy conversation, but I did it. My family heritage on both sides is German. I often wonder if we have relatives who were Nazis, or collaborators with Nazis, or “nice people” who didn’t want to get involved, who looked away, who thought it really couldn’t be that bad because it wasn’t affecting them. Germany is still reckoning with her past, but ALL THOSE PEOPLE are thought of as Nazis. That’s how serious this is. So I encourage all of us to do ALL that we can these last two weeks, whatever that looks like for you. Let’s take our country back so we can begin the reckoning, rebuilding, and healing. #writingislove #writingprocess #memoirwriters #writingmemoir #foodiereads #forthbinders #womenwritersofinstagram #authorcommunity #writersworkshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CGhthikBuLc/?igshid=97zjmah13yzt

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I realized this week that these posts are my #morningpages. If you haven’t heard of that, it’s from @juliacameronlive’s work The Artist’s Way and The Right to Write. Making a daily practice of writing something, whatever is on your mind, without judging it editing it or having it have to “be” something in particular can be a powerful practice. But it’s just not something I have regularly done. But then a friend challenged me to use this space to talk more about myself and my life. And I realize that these flower posts have become my morning pages. Do you have a regular writing practice? And if so what does it look like? . . . . . #writingislove #writingprocess #memoirwriters #writingmemoir #womenwritersofinstagram #authorcommunity #writersworkshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CGaOQ4jBE6i/?igshid=1exruxkfrlhmq

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I ended up in this canyon this morning. I took a different route than normal so I could drop something off at a neighbor’s. And in a few steps I was in this different world. Peaceful. Bird song. Trail crunching underneath my feet. It’s going to be another day under the “heat dome” which means some level of migraine (I’m on day 4, but doing okay). So I get up early to get at least one walk in, move my body, see the world a bit. Moving off my beaten path made a difference. Can you try that today? . . . . . #writingislove #writingprocess #memoirwriters #writingmemoir #foodiereads #forthbinders #womenwritersofinstagram #authorcommunity #writersworkshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CGXlFWDBuaL/?igshid=17jm7oxk0e6jd

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There is beauty everywhere. My big takeaway from @jenpastiloff book On Being Human was what she calls beauty hunting. It tuned up my senses and encouraged me to stop and look more closely at the world around me. As a writer, that’s a gift. . #writingislove #writingprocess #memoirwriters #writingmemoir #womenwritersofinstagram #authorcommunity #writersworkshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CGNliX6hkwb/?igshid=1n9eh55j8eqyi

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“Go there. Hold it. Measure it. Film it. Touch it. Draw it. Feel its heft. The things of the world. That is what we write about.”—Jennifer Sinor ⛱️🌊❤️📝 #quoteoftheday #memoirist #thoughtsofawriter #writingmemoir #writechat #essaywriter #wordsofwisdom #monday #mondaymotivation #amediting #writersroad #floridawriter #tellmeastory #writerslife #jennifersinor #writerscommunity #writertips #writingadvice #writinginspiration #wordsonpaper #words #writersofinstagram #pagesandstories (at Jupiter Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCUAHWKAtmi/?igshid=1ac652jspfl7n