writing Critique

I recently sent a piece of writing I had done to someone to critique. I had never realised that I had included so many facts in one small short piece and should write on each subject separately. It has been a huge learning curve for me and I need to take her advice seriously.

I have ordered the online version of:


I hope to get some ideas of where I have gone wrong and suggestions to make my work publishable. I have also ordered the online version of:



Now I need to get busy reading them both in the evening and checking out their websites. each website seems to lead me to another one. I am also considering taking out another subscription to:


I hope I can now spend the coming spring and summer honing my writing skills and ensuring my memoir makes it on to the shelves.

I have ordered several new kindle books recently which I am very excited about reading.
One is:

 

Asserting that each life contains the makings of a memoir, Carol LaChapelle gives writers, journal writers, and family historians the tools to explore their memories and turn them into great stories. Condensing 20 years of teaching experience into 167 stimulating exercises, Carol helps readers access and describe the important people, places, and events in their lives. The contributions of real students who have been using these methods in Carol's workshops for years demonstrate just how productive these exercises can be. (less)



This is about life on a remote Alaskan Island, the type of book I have always enjoyed because I think we are all pioneers at heart. I am sure it will be a very interesting book to read.

I also have several as yet unpublished books on order from Amazon. These include:

It’s 1935. Rita Feuerstahl comes to the university in Krakow intent on enjoying her freedom. But life has other things in store—marriage, a love affair, a child, all in the shadows of the oncoming war. When the war arrives, Rita is armed with a secret so enormous that it could cost the Allies everything, even as it gives her the will to live. She must find a way both to keep her secret and to survive amid the chaos of Europe at war. Living by her wits among the Germans as their conquests turn to defeat, she seeks a way to prevent the inevitable doom of Nazism from making her one of its last victims. Can her passion and resolve outlast the most powerful evil that Europe has ever seen?

In an epic saga that spans from Paris in the ’30s and Spain’s Civil War to Moscow, Warsaw, and the heart of Nazi Germany, The Girl from Krakow follows one woman’s battle for survival as entire nations are torn apart, never to be the same.

I am really worried about my old guide dog Chocolat. Her bark has changed recently and I think she may have laryngeal paralysis. She developed nodules in her throat when 14 months old and now has all the symptoms of this disease. I understand little is done for it here in New Zealand so I guess a visit to the vet will have to be booked soon.