The following stories and posts are geared toward helping you brainstorm your own life story and memoir projects. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a life story oral history project for a loved one, as a holiday gift, please contact us at mary@documentedlegacy.com. Note: Several of the stories posted are older, but still worthy of sharing.
Three Holiday Activities To Engage Loved Ones
Yahoo Finance
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/3-holiday-activities-engage-loved-152457054.html
Michelle Obama Just Launched A Becoming Journal Based On Her Memoir.
She Knows
https://www.sheknows.com/living/articles/2130175/michelle-obama-becoming-journal/
From Cross Dressers to coaches, the D.C. History Conference will have it all
The Washington Post
Copy Editing Resources
Journalist’s Toolbox
https://www.journaliststoolbox.org/2019/11/04/copy_editing_resources/
True Stories, Told Live
The Hour
https://www.thehour.com/news/article/True-Stories-Told-Live-brings-laughter-tears-13124135.php
The House That Homer Built: Remembering a Cooperstown Celebrity
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/sports/baseball-hall-of-fame-homer-osterhoudt.html
Memoir captures what it’s like growing up poor, gay and black in Camden
Courier Post
Houses Hold Memories Worth Preserving
Newsday
https://newsday.co.tt/2018/08/05/houses-hold-memories-worth-preserving/
The age of autofiction is here: How do writers feel about writing novels from their own lives.
Scoll In
Hunter Valley woman Lorraine Hall writes about healing from childhood trauma
The Advertiser
Grandson keeps memory alive through nook
The Monitor
https://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_a362fd48-9921-11e8-9341-a778c10ff027.html
[Note: This story is proof that you can finish a project started by family elders.]
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