What inspired you to write your memoir? I was posting daily reports of my skateboarding trip across Japan on my blog and many people were telling me how much they enjoyed reading them. A friend suggested that I should write a book, and so after many many hours of sitting in a cafe and rewriting, I had my first book. About your Book: After seven years and 20 passport stamps from going to Japan and back, Sean quits the Alaskan oilfields to move to Tokyo and live the Japanese dream. His new … [Read more...] about Wild Tanuki: From Lost To Found Skateboarding Across Japan by Sean Elliott

What inspired you to write your memoir? I was inspired to write my memoirette as I gathered essays that I had written over the years on the farm - from a non-farmer perspective. Each story centers around a farm animal that was either raised from birth on my farm or was fostered by me for a time. Many of the stories are funny, some are gut-wrenching, but all of them provide some sort of entertainment to the reader. About your Book: Have you ever wanted to ditch the nine-to-five job and move … [Read more...] about “I.T. Geek to Farm Girl Freak: Leaving High Tech for Greener Pastures” by S.A. Molteni

What inspired you to write your memoir? I felt called by God to share my story to help others who are struggling with their marriage or any relationship. About your Book: Throughout much of my married life, I lived under the illusion that I had it all together - it was everyone else that needed fixing. Several years into my second marriage my husband, a Deputy Sheriff, became a workaholic and was never home. Meanwhile, I became a volunteeraholic, too busy to face the fact that we had become … [Read more...] about In His Way by Rebecca Duvall

What inspired you to write your memoir? What inspired me to write In My Shoes is I needed to heal myself from a past that I wanted so desperately to forget. But writing this story helped me realize that I would not be the person I am today without the many challenges I faced as a child/teenager. About your Book: At the age of sixteen, Brenda Hampton had been kicked out of one high school, trying desperately to find her place in another one. Lost, confused and with no direction, Brenda … [Read more...] about In My Shoes by Brenda Hampton

What inspired you to write your memoir? Follow-up to my first book "I Was In Love With a Short Man Once" - which has been featured on Book Goodies - thank you VERY much! Folks kept asking me - what's next? And so, this second book was born. About your Book: When you take off your bra, is it as if an airbag has deployed? Have you taken to blaming the little people for stealing all the things you can’t find, like the damn Chico’s gift card you are 100% sure you left on the dresser? Have you … [Read more...] about Magic Fishing Panties by Kimberly “Kimba” Dalferes

What inspired you to write your memoir? Overcoming incredible adversity while living in South Korea. About your Book: Ian James is "amazing...truly a joy to read." — The Kindle Book Review Have you ever wondered what it would be like to give up everything you know and move to another country? Have you dreamed of exploring new worlds and soaking yourself in foreign languages and cultures? Ian James is one of those dreamers. He just wants to travel, pay off his student loans, and do a … [Read more...] about The Hotel Of Insanity by Ian James

What inspired you to write your memoir? My kids, like all children, have said some pretty funny things over the years, and I started journalizing all of the quotes until I had enough to make a short, funny memoir. About your Book: Do you have kids? Do you sometimes want to send them to their bedroom until puberty? And other times, do you want to hug them until they burst? What about those moments when they say something so innocent and incredibly cute or hilarious that you wish you had a … [Read more...] about No Thanks, Mommy, I Peed Yesterday by Sandy Appleyard

What inspired you to write your memoir? This incredible journey opened my eyes to how tough cowboys were! It wasn't only a journey of rescuing horses and giving them a new life, but it was about two regular people doing something extraordinary. The emotions and connections we had with our five horses was awe-inspiring - together we witnessed a miracle. The experience left me questioning my life, and where I was heading. About your Book: They rescued five horses from an unknown fate. They … [Read more...] about A Standard Journey – 5 horses, 2 people, and 1 tent by Jackie Parry

Project Management is, in many ways, like flying a kite. How do you design and construct it so that it’s lifted high and strong by the wind? What do you do when it gets snagged in a tree, lands on the roof of a house, or is tangled on electrical wire? How do you retrieve it while keeping it intact? Similar elements come into play when executing a project. Successful delivery may be affected by obstacles such as erroneous engineering, defective equipment, late arrival of materials, … [Read more...] about Why is it that my kite won’t fly? by Roberto Rodriguez Esteves

What inspired you to write your memoir? I was an ear specialist and I was bored. I was looking for something different. I saw an ad recruiting a physician to work in Colorado's maximum-security prison. Well, that was different. Most of us, thankfully, will never see the inside of a supermax prison. People were fascinated by what I experienced in my day-to-day medical practice inside the walls. I started to keep a journal, and it got completely out of hand. I knew I had to publish it. About … [Read more...] about Maximum Insecurity by William Wright

What inspired you to write your memoir? I've been writing diaries for decades and always wanted to publish them. About your Book: In 1990 twenty-year-old Natasha finds herself in France on her university year abroad. She is ANGRY. Everyone should be a lesbian, or she will punish them for their oversight (particularly her bemused fellow English assistant friend, Ange). The frites and the pâtisseries are not helping Natasha recover from her bulimia. And the door-to-door Mormon missionaries … [Read more...] about Lesbian Crushes in France: A Diary on Screwing Up my Year Abroad by Natasha Holme

What inspired you to write your memoir? I wanted to share my experience with others and show them that anything is possible. About your Book: Are you feeling hopeless? Do you feel like happiness is a far-fetched idea and not something you'll ever experience again? How great would it feel to have a little less anxiety in your life? Or be free of depression? Overcoming Fear & Depression Baseballs Don't Bounce is full of ideas on how to help you in: - Getting self-help for … [Read more...] about Baseballs Don’t Bounce: My Journey From Hopelessness to Happiness… and The Three Words That Changed My Life by Forrest Willett