Author Archives: first person productions
Guatemala
The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays, up to 1500 words! -Sarah White By Kristine Sperling The day that a group of missionaries delivered their message of improving the quality of life … Continue reading
First Taste of Freedom
The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays, up to 1500 words! -Sarah White By Linda Lenzke “Let us be lovers we’ll marry our fortunes together” “I’ve got some real estate here in … Continue reading
Nirvana at Table in Umbria
The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays, up to 1500 words! -Sarah White By Sarah White In 1991, I was selected to be part of a Rotary International Group Study Exchange. The … Continue reading
If you’ve enjoyed travel, you might enjoy my book…
Write Your Travel Memoir: 5 steps to transform your travel experience into compelling essays. What’s the secret to writing stories others will find compelling? After you read this book you’ll know the answer. You’ll also have an outline for your travel … Continue reading
A Sanka in St. Petersburg
The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays, up to 1500 words! -Sarah White By John M. Edwards THE “MANHATTAN CANDIDATE” JOHN M. EDWARDS USES AN OUTDATED GUIDE TO LENINGRAD IN MODERN-DAY ST. … Continue reading
Roughing It in the North Country
The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays, up to 1500 words! -Sarah White By Doug Elwell It was high summer and the man wasn’t sure any fish would bite. He didn’t know. But … Continue reading
The Age of Exploration
The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays! -Sarah White By Rachael Rifkin Growing up, summer vacations meant hiking in Mammoth Mountain. After the first couple consecutive years, I was ready to go … Continue reading
Mopeds in Burgundy
The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told begins…. send me YOUR travel essays! My fantasy about renting mopeds came from watching the French teenagers bomb around on their bicycle-like Peugots and Puchs. I envied the cheap independence … Continue reading
11th Annual Celebration of Writing! + Open Mic
May’s “First Monday, First Person” salon morphs into the Goodman South Madison Branch Library’s Annual Celebration of Writing on Monday night, May 5th. If you are in Madison, join us and enjoy the writing talents of our community! p.s. Thank you, … Continue reading
Listen Up: The Art of Personal History Interviewing by Paula Stahel
Paula Stahel is a personal historian and the author of Listen Up!: The Art of Interviewing for Personal History, which she self-published in 2013 just in time for the Association of Personal Historians conference, where I purchased a copy. Paula … Continue reading
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