Winston Churchill on Writing History
Nan Barnes
Today’s Memoir/Family History Quote
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
Winston Churchill
Today’s Literary Birthday
American novelist and short story writer Mary Robison was born this day in 1949. Her novel Why Did I Ever won the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Her most recent novel is 1 DOA, 1 On the Way. Robison is considered a founder of the “minimalist” school of writing along with Ann Hempel and Raymond Carver.
Today’s Memoir/Family History Memory Trigger
Each day we offer a question or action to help you trigger your memories of things which will make your memoir or family history richer, more detailed and more interesting. Reflect on the prompt and see what ideas it triggers. Here’s today’s:
Do you like structure in your life, or do you just take things as they come?
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
Winston Churchill
Today’s Literary Birthday
American novelist and short story writer Mary Robison was born this day in 1949. Her novel Why Did I Ever won the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Her most recent novel is 1 DOA, 1 On the Way. Robison is considered a founder of the “minimalist” school of writing along with Ann Hempel and Raymond Carver.
Today’s Memoir/Family History Memory Trigger
Each day we offer a question or action to help you trigger your memories of things which will make your memoir or family history richer, more detailed and more interesting. Reflect on the prompt and see what ideas it triggers. Here’s today’s:
Do you like structure in your life, or do you just take things as they come?