(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Getting Started · First, I decided to write about my career in law enforcement. In the beginning of my process, I thought about making it a "How to" manual for becoming a cop. I'd tell about my wife spotting the job opening in our local newspaper's want ads; I'd inform the reader about the application and interview phase, me getting hired, and going to the police academy. Then I'd explore the multitude of … [Read more...] about Writing A Memoir: Getting Started
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Expand On Your Experiences: Dead End Road
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Dead End Road · Yesterday morning we received a phone call from a country neighbor. "Have you been down to your mailbox yet?" she asked. "No," I replied. "Well, if you can get down here, you can see that someone's run over our newspaper tubes. They look as flat as a pancake. A sheriff's deputy left his business card in our mailboxes." "We'll be down," I said and hung up. As we approached … [Read more...] about Expand On Your Experiences: Dead End Road
