June 2020 - Forever Young Autobiographies

New podcast! Why you should listen to audiobooks and podcasts today … you’ll be happy you did!

Everything you need to know about why audiobooks and podcasts are great for writers

I’ve got some exciting news!

The Forever Young Autobiographies podcast show is up and running.

New episodes are released weekly plus there is a HUGE back catalogue with 20+ shows on planning, writing, polishing and publishing life stories.

I’m a huge fan of listening to audiobooks and podcasts.

For instance, I ‘read’ most of the autobiography, memoir and biography books I review for the website via audiobook.

So to celebrate the launch of the FYA podcast, this week’s article is all about why you should listen to audiobooks and podcasts to improve your own writing.

Plus there is an audiobook competition at the end you will want to enter!

Case study: Retired school principal Terry pens memoir inspired by his grandfathers

Victorian retiree shares how he self-published his life story for family and friends

Retired principal Terence Bourke says his memoir Dance in the Rain was inspired by his late grandfathers and how little he knew about them.

“How intriguing it would be to know more about them and my great grandfathers,” he writes in the preface.

As a result, the 75-year-old recently celebrated his book’s launch with friends and family.

“My book consists of recollections of my life over the years,” he said.

Today Terry lives with his wife Sandra and their dogs in a beautiful bayside village on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, Australia.

And in this week’s article he shares his life-writing journey plus tips for others sitting down to write …

Book review: Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Becoming by Penguin Books Ltd

A revealing memoir about life before and during the office of US president Obama

The book Becoming by Michelle Obama has been a powerhouse bestseller for years.

This memoir’s been on my reading list since it was published by Penguin Books Ltd in late 2018.

However, a document a ry about the Becoming book tour has also been released this year on Netflix.

I recently got hold of the audiobook version, read by the former First Lady of the United States of America herself.

It was an eye-opening account of a woman who is much more than what is portrayed on stage and in the media.

She has a fighting spirit and much to teach us as fellow writers who are planning, writing, polishing or publishing an autobiography, memoir, biography or other life-story project.

Let’s take a look…