Okay, so I'm reading memoirs these days. I'm thinking: my life is a hell of a lot more interesting than what some of these people are experiencing. I never thought of writing one because everyone and his mother is writing a memoir. Hell, Clay Aiken (left) from American Idol has a memoir.
I believed I was too young to write such a thing. Then I thought: I am pushing the big four-oh. Maybe I have a little life to write about. One thing for sure--what I experienced before I was fifteen was a lot more exciting than what some memoirists are writing about.
The only problem with a memoir is that everyone will know your business. I mean, do I really want my mother to know what I was doing before I was fifteen?
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Okay, the Clay Aiken photo actually made my head jerk back in surprise. I'll be interested to see what you decide about memoir. Many of them are specific to a certain part of a person's journey, so maybe we won't know ALL your business. I've read memoirs written by friends and acquaintences and some were much more intimate than others.
I saw Clay Aiken's memoir in a Christian bookstore in Tulare. I'm guessing the memoir you're thinking about writing probably wouldn't be sold there...which means I definitely want to read it!
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