Cameo Life Stories

Book excerpt: Cameo Life Stories Writing Guide for Everywoman is a complete guide to writing your memoirs. It is also the basic manual of the Cameo Life Stories program, which was created by Deborah Hansen Linzer to help women recall, organize and record their precious memories. This easy-to-read, practical book: -- Outlines the eight key ingredients to successful life story writing -- Describes a system for assembling the pieces of your life puzzle -- Tells how to write well and without fear -- Explains the Cameo Life Stories support system, including Cameo Circles -- Details how to share your life story with your family, community and history archives -- Provides excerpts of women's life stories as motivating examplesAbove all, Deborah gives every woman enthusiastic encouragement in undertaking the writing of her life story as a path of personal insight and self-esteem.