memoir writing

Christmas means Magical Moments

December 23, 2017

Christmas is a magical time of catching up with family and friends. Another Magical moment was our last meeting of the Memoir Writing Group at Godfrey Street Community House. Most of us are writing life stories but some […]

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Quotes to live by

April 17, 2016

To be your own person takes courage and determination To be who you want to be takes dreams To live life to the fullest takes love. I don’t know who said this, but I often refer to this quote when feeling […]

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Christmas: remembering fascinating family characters

December 14, 2015

Christmas is a time to remember the past and to dream for the future. Tinsel is hung, solar lights flicker and laser lights dance on the water. Christmas has come to the Tidal Canals and we are celebrating another year […]

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Part Two: To mesh or not to mesh

November 30, 2015

Many women suffer in silence when they have a vaginal prolapse . However, if they decide to do something about it there are many decisions that need to be made. It felt right for me to have my prolapse fixed now […]

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Mairi Neil and Kingston Our City

November 16, 2015

It is Saturday afternoon in sunny Melbourne. The Allan McLean Hall is packed with people attending the launch of the ninth anthology by the Mordialloc Writers’ Group. Kingston Our City is also the celebration of twenty years of fortnightly workshopping […]

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Writing Friends

August 25, 2015

“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin Despite a chill wind straight for Antarctica and a train strike […]

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Writing a Memoir?

July 19, 2015

How to make your story come alive Writing a memoir might seem easy because you already know the story-after all, its your own. But to write a fascinating account of your life, you not only have to tell your tale […]

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