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Shame and the motivation behind my memoir.
Shame consumes you. It ravages you from the inside, leaving an imprint and an aura that follows you about everywhere, like the lingering smell of tobacco infused into the clothes of a chain-smoker. I was ashamed of my father for many years. I was ashamed of the recluse he became and of the crumbling house…
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Writing a novel is like driving a car at night.
“Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. You don’t have to see where you’re going, you don’t have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you.…
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The agony of bearing an untold story
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” Maya Angelou Can I? But, really can I? These are the questions I asked myself over and over. Can I really write a book? No really, can I? How do I start? Where do I start? My father was my hero when…
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