Monthly Archives: November 2022

Does Size Matter?

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

The following is an essay I read last Friday at BraVa, an event sponsored by Marion Roach Smith and the YWCA in Troy, NY. Marion is the author of The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing and Life, … Continue reading →

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Memoir as a Process of Forgiveness

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

Almost ten years ago, a friend helped me set up a blog after I’d published my first book, Teacher Dropout about discovering God’s grace while I worked in a poverty school. He explained, a blog is like the lady at … Continue reading →

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Dry Bones

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

As a writer, I recently listened to an interview with Shayla Raquel on Marion Roach Smith’s podcast, Qwerty. It was so good, I bought her book, The 10 Commandments of Author Branding. In it, Shayla, a self-publishing mentor and branding … Continue reading →

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