April 20, 2012
One afternoon, right after school, I arrived home to find my mother dressed for shopping. Her hair in curls, lipstick, powder, her best purse sitting on the dining room table. “Comb your hair, Patsy,” she said and reached for her jacket. “And use the bathroom. We’re going out.” I did as she said and followed [...]
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March 16, 2012
Fiction writers know that plot and character drive their stories. Well developed characters and interesting plots, with twists and turns and subplots, engage readers. How do I, a memoir writer, compete with the imaginary worlds of fiction? Certainly, life provides bizarre and interesting characters. But it doesn’t give me a nice, tidy plot, a story [...]
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