And I Can Write It for You or Show You the Way
Welcome to Life Is a Book. My mission and passion is to help women and men of all ages and backgrounds tell their life story. I believe that creating a book about our life story should be fun, enriching, and accessible to all, and I welcome the opportunity to help you do it.
We all have a story to tell. It doesn’t matter how old, or how young you are. It doesn’t matter where you live, or where your life has taken you. It doesn’t matter how “ordinary” you believe your life has been.
Someone is waiting to hear you tell your life story: who you are, how you’ve lived, what you’ve learned. They want to hear your funny stories, your sad stories, your inspiring stories―all the stories that have shaped your life. They want to hear about who you’ve loved, and who has loved you. They want to hear about your hopes and dreams, and where they have taken you.
Writing about our lives is a timeless, universal urge, and in our hectic, cell phone/laptop lifestyle, the need to tell our life stories is stronger than ever. We hunger to connect to our past, to preserve our memories, to find meaning in our experiences and share it with those we care about. Telling our life story in a memoir, autobiography, or personal history enables us to do that.
So why do you want to write a book about your life? Do you want to capture your memories as a gift or legacy for your children, grandchildren, or other family or friends? Do you want to pay tribute to the people who have meant the most to you? Do you want to explore your past for personal discovery or healing? Are you finally listening to the urgings of others who have been telling you to do this for years?
Maybe your goal is not to chronicle your entire life but to focus on one major life experience. Did you overcome a health crisis or other life challenge? Did you build a successful business or organization? Did you serve in a war or join in a major cause that has changed how you look at life? Did you have some great adventure like traveling around the world that you just have to tell others about? Or maybe you yearn to celebrate the love story of you and your spouse?
No matter why you want to write a book about your life, or the life of someone you love, I am here to help you find your way. My hope is that the services that I offer, and the information on this website, will steer you toward the creation of a life story book that will be a treasured keepsake. I present many more tools, tips, and strategies in my new guidebook YOUR LIFE IS A BOOK – AND IT’S TIME TO WRITE IT! An A-to-Z Guide to Help Anyone Write Their Life Story. This book is now available through online booksellers like Amazon.com.
You may choose to call upon me to assist you in my role as ghostwriter or personal historian. I can interview you to bring out your stories, and then write your life story in a memoir or autobiography in a way that feels like you.
For those who intend to write their life story themselves, I offer coaching and editing, as well as concrete tips and strategies to escort you from the starting gate to the finish line. I also teach life-writing classes, workshops, and seminars.
I love my work because telling our stories is one of the greatest gifts we can offer to others, and to the world. It’s always gratifying for me to see women and men from all over the country, and beyond, experience the satisfaction of bringing their cherished memories to life in their own book. I want to help YOU gain that same satisfaction and joy.
So again, welcome to Life Is a Book!