"Self-Reflection" My Gutsy Story® by D. Helene. When I chose to become a journalist, I did so because of my passion for writing, always assuming I’d have enough money to live. I did pretty well living paycheck to paycheck for most of my career until the Great Recession. After getting laid off from my last full-time writing job in Continue Reading
Archives for March 2015
Why I’m Celebrating Peace Corps Week
As many of you know, I have a strong desire to serve in the Peace Corps. Things did not go as smoothly as I had hoped, but I am keeping my fingers crossed this time. My interview finally took pace on February 27th, and lasted almost two hours. I answered all the questions to the best of my ability, and although I had prepared ahead of Continue Reading
A Memoir Can be Hard to Write—But You Can Do It!
A Memoir Can be Hard to Write—But You Can Do It! (I am hosting Denis Ledoux on my blog to share his e-books: How to Start to Write Your Memoir which is Book One in the seven-part Memoir Network Writing Series.) Sometimes at the beginning of a workshop or of coaching relationship, people ask whether writing a memoir going to be hard. The Continue Reading