Category Archives: Creative Life

Alison Bechtel’s new book Are You My Mother?

Posted on May 12, 2012 by janellmoon

Just saw Alison Bechtel at San Francisco’s Booksmith Height Street. (What a neighborhood to remind us of the 60′s and the “flower children” we once were.) It was a crowd of all ages and orientations and the store actually felt … Continue reading →

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Adrienne Rich

Posted on April 20, 2012 by janellmoon

The passing of poet, Adrienne Rich is a milestone. A time that has come to an end when she is among us to talk of sexism and with the courage to “tell her truth.” . She was always the voice … Continue reading →

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Linda Sexton’s Reading, Anne’s Daughter, A Memoir

Posted on April 14, 2012 by janellmoon

Linda was one of the readers at 333 in Sausalito, CA, Thursday night reading from her memoir, Half in Love: A Story of Surviving Suicide. Her famous mother took her own life when Linda was twenty, after years of  depression. … Continue reading →

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Visaul Art As Poetry

Posted on April 10, 2012 by janellmoon

I have talked before about how all the arts feed into an artist’s sensibility. I went to the play RED at the Berkeley Rep which was a two man show of Mark Rothko and his assistant. Rothko had an interest … Continue reading →

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Ghost Writing or “as told to…”

Posted on April 7, 2012 by janellmoon

In ghost writing or “as told to…” you have a story to tell and it may be difficult for you to write it down. Maybe you trust the story but not your own writing. Maybe you don’t have time but … Continue reading →

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Writers Need Writers Need Counselors Need Artists and Singers

Posted on March 17, 2012 by janellmoon

A friend and I drove over the San Francisco bay bridgewith a high wind warming last night into San Francisco to hear Jeannette Winterson read from her new book, a memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? You … Continue reading →

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Adult Children

Posted on March 3, 2012 by janellmoon

It may hurt but it’s great when an adult child of ours does tell us something that is bothering them about us. It’s our time to listen and be willing to really hear. Can you imagine what it would have … Continue reading →

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Memoir Writing: What to Leave Out

Posted on February 9, 2012 by janellmoon

You do not have to tell the whole story. You can tell a truer story by leaving some stuff out. We don’t leave out important events or feelings. We just eliminate side events and feelings. Things that happen that are … Continue reading →

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Dialogue in Memoir: An Element of Fiction

Posted on February 5, 2012 by janellmoon

Most who write memoir have an important story to tell of surviving hardship or letting us go on an amazing adventure with them into new worlds of some kind. We know that the best memoirs come to life on the … Continue reading →

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Blind Spots/Creative Work

Posted on January 24, 2012 by janellmoon

Blog 4 I’ve been thinking of what I have to change in myself.  I am a long-term counselor working with many clients over the years but  I still have my blind spots and know it. I am glad to have … Continue reading →

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