What inspired you to write your memoir? I have always been a writer, but never had anything to say. After going through a difficult life transition, it became clear that I was finally ready to write. The blessing of that challenging time was that it helped me to bloom as a writer. About your Book: After losing her center, her marriage, and her future in one stroke, Gwen Van Velsor set off to find a new path. She traveled across the United States before finding her way to the Camino de … [Read more...] about Follow That Arrow by Gwen Van Velsor
Notes From a Very Small Isand by Anthony Stancomb
What inspired you to write your memoir? The extraordinary experince of living on a secluded island About your Book: Notes From a Very Small Island tells the story of a couple upping sticks and leaving their humdrum life in London for blue skies and café life on an island in Croatia. The couple attempt to fit in with the village community, but it’s not always easy, and more often than not their endeavours involve them in in hilarious disasters. They also try to starup various projects, … [Read more...] about Notes From a Very Small Isand by Anthony Stancomb
One Woman’s Private Life Shared by Nikki Fuller
What inspired you to write your memoir? To be honest, it was about holding a little bit of pain in my heart that I wanted to release. I felt I had carried around for too long this heavy cloak of events that weighed me down and if I could take it off and share some of what I had in side of me, maybe it would help me and hopefully comfort and help others. By no means has my life been awful, far from it but is has contained times of grief, depression and despair that at the time cut deeply. But … [Read more...] about One Woman’s Private Life Shared by Nikki Fuller
Without the Lampshade-How I Learned to Love my Brown Martini by Jack E. Dunning
What inspired you to write your memoir? After 25 years of hard drinking and then stopping cold turkey on a Sunday morning-this also included cigarettes-I looked back at some of the hilarious things that happened to me during the imbibing. After discussing with my wife, also my drinking partner, but in much abbreviated quantities, it was decided that I should document these crazy antics.Thus, was born Without the Lampshade. About your Book: I was convinced that I had been called to the … [Read more...] about Without the Lampshade-How I Learned to Love my Brown Martini by Jack E. Dunning
KIDS, CAMELS, & CAIRO by JILL DOBBE
What inspired you to write your memoir? Living in an Islamic society in Cairo, Egypt, and working at a Muslim school, all for the first time, gave me a lot of material to write about. I learned and saw a great deal, all while working with Egyptian Muslim children and teachers. The school was very different; students learned the Koran and were given time for prayers in the mosque, which was located in the school. There were things I liked and didn't like about the culture, and I made many … [Read more...] about KIDS, CAMELS, & CAIRO by JILL DOBBE
WILD ROOTS – Coming Alive in the French Amazon by Donna Mulvenna
What inspired you to write your memoir? My extraordinary and unexpected life in the French Amazon. About your Book: Love, adventure, triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, this book will forever change how you see the natural world. What happens when you think you are joining your new boyfriend in France, but instead find yourself hacking through impenetrable jungle, being threatened by wild animals and canoeing along the anaconda infested rivers of the French Amazon? Written with humour, … [Read more...] about WILD ROOTS – Coming Alive in the French Amazon by Donna Mulvenna
The Bride’s Trunk: A Story of War and Reconciliation by Ingrid Dixon
What inspired you to write your memoir? The book has been in the making for over twenty years and is actually a family story rather than a personal memoir. The prime motivation has been to explore the political events and social developments that led to growing up in both the German and the English cultures. About your Book: Seventy years ago, on 1st August 1946 in the aftermath of the Second World War, the British Government withdrew the ban on British soldiers marrying German women. … [Read more...] about The Bride’s Trunk: A Story of War and Reconciliation by Ingrid Dixon
Cincinnati’s 4th Best in the Nation It’s More Than a Game by Mike Peek
What inspired you to write your memoir? As with other people who write memoirs I suppose I was told over and over again that I had a story that needed to be told. However, it was after having a talk with several young people in an effort to show them that they can change their life for the better no matter their current situation that I began to feel that I had a message that needed to be heard. About your Book: A dreamed that turned into a nightmare. … [Read more...] about Cincinnati’s 4th Best in the Nation It’s More Than a Game by Mike Peek
Making The Breast Of It – Breast Cancer Stories of Humour and Joy by Robin Storey
What inspired you to write your memoir? I was inspired to write this memoir by my own experiences of being diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer. Searching online book sites, I found plenty of books about breast cancer, but comparatively few written from a humorous point of view. Being an author of comedy (previously fiction) I jumped upon this as a niche I could fill. Surely I couldn't be the only person who wanted to find the humour in this situation? About your Book: How I … [Read more...] about Making The Breast Of It – Breast Cancer Stories of Humour and Joy by Robin Storey
Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren
Exclusive Pedigree by John L Fear, Robert Fear, and Alastair Fear John Fear was born into a religious sect known as the Exclusive Brethren. This sheltered him from the outside world as he grew up, but could not hide him from its influences. A struggle began in his mind that led him to leave the Brethren, along with his young family. This is a story that was always meant to be told. During his later life John Fear had prepared a lot of the book, along with notes for chapters that he knew … [Read more...] about Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren
The Buddha Made Me Do It; A Field Guide To EnLITEnment by Marla Martenson
What inspired you to write your memoir? What started as a search for a discarded decorative Buddha statuette, led me and my BFF Julie to a place called The Imagine Center, a mystical retail shop (that also offered classes in a variety of spiritual and mystical modalities) in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. All of a sudden, we were hooked. Julie and I spent two years on an accelerated spiritual path, attending every metaphysical workshop, class and event around LA that we could. Julie is … [Read more...] about The Buddha Made Me Do It; A Field Guide To EnLITEnment by Marla Martenson
Addicted to Dimes, Confessions of a Liar and a Cheat by Author, Catherine Townsend-Lyon
What inspired you to write your memoir? I didn't start out writing a book per say, the book happened later on. I was inspired by, or what got me to write and see on paper, all the horrible things I’d done, been through, and almost lost my life twice from addicted gambling. I share in the beginning of my book, Addicted To Dimes, why I wrote my book. It was after I read a newspaper article about a woman who committed suicide in her Casino Hotel room due to her gambling relapse. They rest? … [Read more...] about Addicted to Dimes, Confessions of a Liar and a Cheat by Author, Catherine Townsend-Lyon
