New Release: Write the Memoir You're Afraid to Write - by Patricia L. Brooks

 

Write the Memoir You’re Afraid to Write delves deep into tried-and-true methods to help you, as an aspiring writer, draft your compelling personal stories.

Patricia L. Brooks’ nonfiction content takes you down a path of analysis and reflection about your own story. She opens the window to a structured well-organized design that can be followed easily. She also reveals excerpts from her own experiences that transformed her life for the better.

Easy-to-implement activities at the end of each chapter help you capture the essence of the content. She teaches you how to go deeper into your heart and soul, to write with more depth and feeling, and to build connections with readers. This emotional impact paves the road to successful publication and loyal readership.

Patricia’s unorthodox way of foraging into memories leads you through instructions, examples, and tips essential to birth an exceptional memoir.

As an inspirational speaker, published author, workshop presenter and instructor at the Arizona State University Piper Writing Center, Patricia offers her latest non-fiction publication WRITE THE MEMOIR YOU'RE AFRAID TO WRITE. This book delves deep into tried-and-true methods to help you, as an aspiring memoir writer, draft your compelling personal stories.

Her first memoir, GIFTS OF SISTERHOOD, a journey from grief to gratitude centers around the grief of losing a sibling. This book earned her an AZ Authors Association Literary Contest Non-fiction award.

With her second memoir she serves as an advocate and speaker for domestic violence and love addiction awareness, with THREE HUSBANDS AND A THOUSAND BOYFRIENDS. She is passionate about her advocacy work and also provides a workshop on gratitude journal writing.

Her third memoir, SICK AS MY SECRETS, covers her spiritual transformation and recovery journey of over 40 years from alcohol. She speaks openly in the community on the topic of women and alcoholism.