Author Archives: first person productions

For the next month or so, True Stories Well Told is featuring writers I have met through First Monday, First Person, my “salon” for memoir writers held at the Pinney Branch Library in Madison. By Kaye Morgan I have two adult children.  My … Continue reading →

For the next month or so, True Stories Well Told will feature writers I have met through First Monday, First Person, my “salon” for memoir writers held at the Pinney Branch Library in Madison. By Sally Young I got an email from … Continue reading →

For the next month or so, True Stories Well Told will feature writers I have met through First Monday, First Person, my “salon” for memoir writers held at the Pinney Branch Library in Madison. By Renee Lajcak Like many Wisconsinites … Continue reading →

By Pat LaPointe Mom passed away on September 11, 2008. For over a month, I sat beside her in the ICU. During the day, I cared for my father, who had dementia, evenings and overnight. I was physically, mentally, and … Continue reading →

By Fay McClurg Fay is in a small writing group that has been choosing prompts from Natalie Goldberg’s “Writing Down the Bones” card deck. This post is her response to the prompt, “No Thank You.” No thank you to the … Continue reading →

By Gloria Sinibaldi  I called him Charlie although I didn’t know his real name. He had poor posture and an unruly beard, an older gentlemen, with tangled hair that grew over his ears and down the back of his neck. … Continue reading →

By Lois Lawler One of the themes presented in Guided Autobiography is “Gender and Sexuality”. One version of the prompting questions for this theme begins with this observation: “Our ideas about what it means to be a woman or a … Continue reading →

By Jan Wheaton Following my Monday writing class each week, I process and visualize ideas until my subject begins to take shape. There I was Thursday morning, moving around a bit while waiting at the eye doctor for my husband. … Continue reading →