Write your memoir, life story or history
With Kiwi writer Charlotte Squire
Kia ora!How are you?Weโve had an intense week of rain here in Golden Bay, including one day with no internet or cell phone reception! It was very 1980s.Weโve just nudged over the halfway mark of 2025, and this week I thought Iโd remind you what you could achieve by the end of the year, if …
Kia ora lovely, howโs your story going this week? I write to you from the Dangerous Kitchen cafe, Tฤkaka, where they have the best smoked salmon pizza in all of the world. Have you hit a roadblock in your story? Perhaps you need more information. Maybe youโre writing about a chapter of your life that …
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Kia ora, Itโs great to beam into your world from my rainy one, this Wednesday. Today Iโd like to share five reasons with you, that nowโs a great time to start recording your memoirs, life story or family history. For all the bad rap it gets, AI is actually making it easier and easier to …
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Kia Ora, Are you mid-way through writing your story but struggling to finish it? I know some of you are, because it was the top problem you told me about, when I asked you what the hardest thing was about writing your memoir a few weeks ago. So! Here are three habits Iโve learned to …
The longer Iโm a mother, the more I appreciate mine. As you know, they come in all shapes and sizes, and motherly approaches. Some love to do it; some do it because they should; and others just donโt feel cut out for it. Some are not biological mothers, but they willingly take on the mother …
Kia Ora, I write to you from my COVID bed (itโs not tooo bad), the morning sun streaming in. A group of people just cycled past our house singing. I love that! I recently asked you what was hard about writing your memoir, life story or family history, and you had a lot to stay. …
Kia ora! If youโre new to this blog, welcome aboard! If youโve been around for a while, thanks for being part of my mid-week connection with a lovely, growing community community of Kiwi and Aussie memoir writers This week I want to talk about enjoying the process of writing your memoir, life story or family …
Kia ora lovely one, Every now and then I like to remind you to keep writing. It seems easy enough in theory, yet so many people donโt ever finish their precious stories. Why not? Fear that your book isnโt good enough is a top reason for people to stop. Also, overwhelm and confusion about how …
Kia Ora dear one, How is your story coming along this week? As you write, itโs important to occasionally step back from your story to ask yourself if it would make sense to people who donโt know you. This can be hard to do! So I use the 100 years trick. In 100 years, thereโs …
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Kia Ora! Howโs it going, memoir writer? Iโm working on book number 24 at the moment, and I was thinking: do you know what Iโd do if I was at the very beginning and thinking of writing my own memoir, life story or family history? Iโd simply be gathering stuff. Iโd be finding my old …
Kia Ora! A memoir writer once told me she was writing her story because she wanted her children to learn who she was, before they arrived. She wanted them to know that she had travelled the world and lived a big life pre-children. She also wanted them to know about the way she was raised, …
Kia ora! How are you? We had our monthly memoir writers โconnection sessionโ last Saturday and one writer said she was making progress, though writing it โout of orderโ, because that worked for her. And she reminded me of the power of doing it that way. Sheโs going to finish that story of hers, because …
Kia ora from humid, mid-summer Tฤkaka, Iโve just come in from watching my 17 year old trying to teach my 10 year old how to front flip on the tramp. Ahh sweet motherhood. Letโs flip to writing your memoir now - do you ever wonder how to keep people engaged with your story? I have …
Kia ora, Wishing you a fabulous start to 2025! Here we are at the first chapter of the year again ๐ So nowโs a good time to ask you: Can you spare 30 minutes a few days a week to write your memoir? Think about it, the average person can write nearly 400 words in …
Kia ora from rainy Golden Bay ๐ง๏ธ This week Iโm focused on book design and I wanted to remind you: itโs never too early to thinking about your book cover. I have four suggestions for you: Start gathering examples of book covers you love now, because at some point your story will need a cover. …
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Today I want to encourage you to celebrate how far youโve come in writing your memoir, family history or life story. This includes those of you who havenโt started writing yet, who are still researching and organising your information (a big job in itself!). I was reminded of this after talking to a beloved participant …
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