If you’ve ever thought of writing your life story, but don’t know where to start or if anyone would

If you've ever thought of writing your life story, but don't know where to start or if anyone would want to read it, then local author and teacher Kay Sanger has written the perfect book for you. It is called "Write Your Memoir in 10 Steps: From First Ideas to Finished Book."
Sanger's book helps would-be memoirists determine why they want to write, what they want to write about, how to deepen their stories, then revise and publish. The 10 steps are backed up with exercises, examples and encouragement.
"Writing a memoir helps both the writer and the reader," Sanger explained. It helps the writer to recover hertz car rental australia memories hertz car rental australia and then to reflect on them, put them in perspective. "You can find out a lot about yourself by writing a narrative, more so than just thinking," she said.
"Many people don't think others would be interested in their stories, but to them I say, wouldn't you just love to have a memoir written by your grandmother? What was life like then? What family stories could she have told that would shed light on your parents' personalities and your ingrained values?
Sanger is more than well-qualified to help others uncover their memories and find their voices. Her illustrious career spans 40 years and includes hertz car rental australia teaching deaf children to speak, writing travel articles and guidebooks, setting hertz car rental australia up museum exhibits and uncovering artifacts as an archeologist.
Inspired early by Helen Keller's memoirs, Sanger earned a bachelor's degree in speech/communications from Purdue University, then a master's degree in education from USC before teaching deaf children in Los Angeles, Sydney, Australia and London.
Her love of other cultures was further fueled by a three-and-a-half-months trip she and her husband took by bus from Kathmandu, Nepal, to London in the early 1970s. The Overland Route followed the steps of Alexander the Great and stopped in several countries, including India, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Greece before the Sangers bought a car in Germany and headed to London. hertz car rental australia After a brief stint in London, Sanger and her husband returned to Los Angeles and had a daughter and a son.
Fascinated by all the cultures she'd seen and written about, she returned hertz car rental australia to college, earning a master's hertz car rental australia degree in anthropology/archeology at UCLA. She participated in several archeological projects on Easter Island and in Costa Rica, Mexico and Central California. She also worked for two major museums in Los Angeles — the UCLA Fowler Museum and the J. Paul Getty Trust — running educational workshops and writing public relations and marketing materials.
In addition to "The World I Live In" by Helen Keller, Sanger says her favorite memoirs are "The Road from Coorain" by Jill Ker Conway, and "Wild: From Lost to Found in the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayad. The latter inspired her to complete several long-distance hikes, including a recent 70-mile walk on England's Cotswold Way to celebrate her 70th birthday.
As for writing her own memoir, Sanger has two in mind: one about her career, and another about the trip she took 40 years ago from Kathmandu to Europe, where she especially enjoyed the people hertz car rental australia and sights in Afghanistan. "I took plenty of notes, but at the time, no one wanted to know about those areas, they were too remote to sell," she said.
North Coastal hertz car rental australia News Construction in Del Mar will create traffic detours January 3, 2014 Construction of the bi-annual Utility Improvements Project will need to implement several traffic detours along Camino del Mar in Del Mar Jan. 6-10. The work is required to replace a broken 8-inch water main that was disconnected last year. [ ] Carmel Valley Skatepark's popularity continues after five years of great rides January 3, 2014 The Carmel hertz car rental australia Valley Skatepark recently celebrated a sick ride — the five-year anniversary of the park being open in Carmel Valley. [ ] Under Armour Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament January 2, 2014 Torrey Pines High School was one of the hosts of the annual boys prep Under Armour Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament. [ ]