"But what would I write about?"
Journeys, struggles, ancestors, family history, conflicts, regrets, triumphs...	Tell your story. The stuff that sets you apart from all others. The easy, fun stories. The difficult, painful ones. Your story will become clearer as you struggle to reveal its meaning. Learn more about personalized on-line instruction. Purchase writing exercises on a variety of topics. See what other people say about them.	Pets, lost loves, childhood friends, adolescent intrigues, enemies, partners...
A Writing Sample... "My mother's eyes were blue. It's been thirty years since I last saw them, and maybe even longer than that, since she was asleep so much those last few years. Such a blue -- not clear like marbles, not blue like sapphires, not turquoise like the sea, but just mother's blue eyes.   "Warm blue eyes. There's a picture of her smiling so proudly at me when I was a teenager. I felt awkward in my new woman's body, skinny but voluptuous, and didn't like to be looked at that intensely, that proudly. So I pushed away the sweetness that I can see now in that picture of her looking at me with those eyes. I struggled to keep her out, to not see the look in those eyes.   "So I don't quite remember the exact shade of blue. I can't name it blue like sapphires, turquoise like the sea. But I can feel them still looking at me in that black and white, wrinkled old Polaroid snapshot." --© Copyright 1997 Iris Tobin Selig

Stories Wanted!

What lessons have you learned from life? Tell the story ...

Our Friday morning writing circle is planning a book and we'd like to include your story. We're seeking stories that illustrate important moments of life -- our shared human condition. They can be simple or profound, comical or serious, autobiographical or family memoir. Commemorative stories or memorials about loved ones. Animals that have been special to you. Letters, poems, testimonials, reflections on life -- whatever style suits you.

Mainly, they just need to be sincere. Whatever our stories are about, if they come from our hearts, that's reason enough to tell them. Read some samples that people in a writing therapy group have produced.

Submissions are welcomed.  Please include your full name and address, a brief explanation of why you wrote the story, and a statement warranting that you are the sole author of the material. In addition, if you'd like to receive comprehensive feedback and suggestions to deepen your story, please send a review fee of $25 to:

Iris Selig
P.O. Box 454
Damariscotta, ME 04543

Please note that no pornography, explicit sexuality, or vulgarity
will be considered for publication.