Recently, a family member asked me to delete a detail about another family member that they felt was distasteful and not

necessary.  It brought up the question of truth and what we leave in and out of our true life stories.  I have not yet decided what to dol  But I would like feedback about it.  My son said, "No way, Mom, are you taking one word out.  It is your truth, and your experience, and you have a right to it." What do you think?

 

 

     It has been an amazing experience doing readings for my memoir "Scent of Jasmine," (www,scentofjasmine.com)

 

     I find myself greeting old friends, people I barely remember, those who came because they saw a local ad, and it is like a party.  Of course since the content of my memoir is very emotional and dramatic (the death of my fiance during the 1973 Yom Kippur War in Israel) the silence greeting a reading is affirmation that I have impacted them. I…

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A great day to mark a new chapter. I just sent part of my memoir to an editor to look at, and received the most insulting e mail back from him. My friend warned me not to send out the memoir to someone I don't know but instead as Sandra Cisneros told her at a workshop in New Mexico, make a list of five people your trust to send it to. What are your thoughts or experience about a work in progress and getting feedback about it? The memoir is many years in the making and is partly erotic, partly… Continue