A memorable time of my life: Welcome to my blog

Monday, November 1, 2010

Welcome to my blog

A Memorable time of My Life is a writer's blog with information, examples of and focus on memoir, journalistic writing, essays, poetry, stories and blogging. It includes links and tips on getting published, agents & editors, exemplary writers, and related topics. The author encourages Guest Posts from other writers, and posts book reviews and lists of helpful publications for writers of both fiction and non-fiction.

Author: Nancy Hinchliff

*Guest posts on topics of interest to writers and poets are welcome. Contact me, if you're interested. Please feel free to post comments and feedback on the excerpts from my memoir-in-progress.

BIO

I own and operate a bed and breakfast in Louisville, Kentucky where I also blog and write on line at Examiner.com, Eye on Life Magazine, Pink magazine and Hubpages. You can find me blogging at Business and Creative Women's Forum , InnNotes, Innbusiness and Louisville Bed and Breakfast Association

In 2008, I co-authored Room at the Table, for The Bed and Breakfast Association of Kentucky for which I won their president's award for outstanding work. The coffee-table cookbook has recipes from Kentucky Inns all throughout the state and beautiful photographs of scenic Kentucky taken by award winning photographer, Robin Goetz.

I am currently working on a memoir titled Operatic Divas and Naked Irishmen: An Innkeeper's Tale, a humorous and poignant account of how an admittedly asocial retired school teacher reinvents herself as an Innkeeper. This intimate tale recounts 16 challenging years of self-discovery.

2 comments:

nothingprofoundNovember 22, 2010 at 5:52 PM
Nancy, the memoir sounds fascinating. I always imagined an innkeeper's life would be very rich and entertaining.
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Nancy HinchliffNovember 22, 2010 at 6:54 PM
Thanks so much for the comment. yes, rich, entertaining, and a lot of other things. It'll be a while before I try to get it published. I've been working on agent query letters and proposals lately. But will start sending out letters soon.
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