Is it time to write your memoir, life story or history?
I'm Kiwi writer, publisher and newspaper owner Charlotte Squire and I'd love to help
Kia Ora, well hello there ๐ I write to you from stormy Tฤkaka. Howโs that book of yours coming along this week? Iโll tell you whatโs on my mind as I write and edit this week: loose ends. Theyโre everywhere in life, and memoirs and histories are no exception. When you reach the later stages …
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 lovely, how are you? I had the pleasure of hanging out with a student of my online course Write Your Memoir earlier this week and she had come to a complete stop in her writing process. Although she was quite capable of writing her story - she was clearly an experienced writer, and …
Kia Ora, if youโve just joined me, warm welcome from a Tฤkaka writer. This week I want to invite you to take stock of how far youโve come with your memoir. Sometimes celebration is called for. I know some of you are making great headway, youโre persevering, despite some hard days, and youโre writing amazing …
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Well hello there dear memoir writer ๐ How are you and how is that story of yours? Yesterday I met with a student on my memoir course, for an online chat to make sure she had everything she needed. She shared a few pages of her story with me and once again I was transported …
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That's me - Charlotte Squire - on a mission to get more Kiwi elders writing their life stories, memoirs and family histories. Kia ora! I'm really excited to tell those of you who live in the top of the South Island that I'm running two in-person year long courses, one in Nelson (starting end of …
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Charlotte Squire Kia ora, Howโs life today? In my world, the peaches have mostly fallen off our trees, the cabbages have been harvested and Iโm wearing merino wool in the mornings. This week I want to remind you: if you like to write, youโre a writer. And I have this new idea - would you …
