memoir

Wayson Choy: Your Story Is Absolutely Worth Telling

by John Lacey on November 11, 2009

Wayson Choy: “I would say your story is absolutely worth telling. Don’t even hesistate to think otherwise, but remember you can only tell your story if you have the craft and learn the craft of writing.”

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I Sacked My Writing Coach!

by John Lacey on November 10, 2009

Yes, I have next to no willpower. I’m not having fun. So ocassionally I will seek encouragement from various sources… But advice, as Mann and Schmich have observed, isn’t always helpful.

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NaNoWriMo 2009: Motivations

by John Lacey on October 31, 2009

So NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month, is almost upon us. I have decided to participate in 2009 and I just wanted to take this opportunity to talk about my motivations, previous experience and what I hope to get out of this process.

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Minor Memoirs

by John Lacey on August 24, 2009

Continuing in what seems to be an unintentional series of blog posts inspired by my childhood, while sorting through old papers and documents I found something quite interesting. My autobiography.

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