June 2021 - Forever Young Autobiographies

Realign writing goals: 5 things to remember to reboot writing dreams

Amazing goal attainment secrets of a life-story writing coach

Who else is enjoying the cooler months of winter?

Certainly here in Australia we have just had an ‘arctic blast‘.

But it has been the perfect excuse to curl up and do more planning, creating, polishing and publishing!

And it has also been a good time to look back over writing goals set in the new year.

So this week I’m asking: Are you on track to hit your goals or have you forgotten them?

Next let’s examine five things we can do to reset and realign writing goals for our autobiography, memoir, biography or other life-story projects.

Motivational quotes: Blitz writing blues with inspirational quotes

Positive quotes every life-story writer should read

We are fast approaching the second half of the year.

And I hope your life-story project goals are still on track?

Certainly by midyear our writing can naturally start to flag.

Therefore to help you sit down and create with renewed enthusiasm I’ve collected some motivational quotes from famous and new writers.

Indeed these follow on from other popular quote articles I have published about writer quotes and inspirational quotes.

So lets take a closer look to re-energise planning, creating, polishing and publishing an autobiography, memoir, biography or other life-story project.

Book review: Anxiousness, hope and Your Own Kind of Girl by musician Clare Bowditch

One ARIA Award winner’s memoir about dieting, breakdowns and beating anxious thoughts

This week’s book review is Your Own Kind of Girl: The stories we tell ourselves and what happens when we believe them written by Australian ARIA Award-winning singer and actress Clare Bowditch.

The memoir was released in 2019 by Allen & Unwin and has won many accolades including the Australian Book Industry Awards Matt Richell New Writer of the Year 2020.

In addition it has garnered the support of fellow musicians Bernard Fanning, Missy Higgins and Kate Miller-Heidke as well as journalists Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb, among many others.

Certainly the 352-page book has been a labour of love and decades in the making.

“This is the story I promised myself, aged twenty-one, that I would one day be brave enough – and well enough – to write,” Bowditch writes.

So keep reading to find out what the book is about, highlights and tips for those sitting down to create an autobiography, memoir, biography or other life-story project.