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Today I heard author Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul and many others) speak. This biggest-ever bestselling author — Canfield has had 47 separate titles on the New York Times bestseller’s list since 1976 — talked about growing up a coal-miner’s son in West Virginia and charting a path
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://suzannesherman.com/kickstarter/" align="left"]“Reality” – From Chapter 10 “100 Years in the Life of an American Girl: True Stories 1910 – 2010” (publishing summer 2013) “Reality” – Chapter 10 — The 2000s, Dylanne White At 10 Dylanne’s three greatest wishes were to be allowed to wear make-up, get a new pair of skinny jeans,
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://suzannesherman.com/sneak-peek-10-the-2000s/" align="left"]“Boom, Dynamite!” — From Chapter 9, “100 Years in the Life of an American Girl: True Stories 1910 – 2010″ (publishing summer 2013) “Boom, Dynamite!” Brianna — Grandville, Michigan Brianna lived in a large house in a woodsy suburb with her older sister, her stay-at-home mom, and her dad, a
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://suzannesherman.com/sneak-peek-9-the-1990s/" align="left"]“The Gen X Poster Child” — from Chapter 8, “100 Years in the Life of an American Girl: True Stories 1910 – 2010” (publishing summer 2013) “The Gen X Poster Child” Jenny Isenman, Maryland Born in 1973, Jenny grew up an only child in an affluent suburb with a bedroom
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://suzannesherman.com/a-peek-at-my-upcoming-book/" align="left"]“Texas Goes Technicolor” from Chapter 7, “100 Years in the Life of an American Girl: True Stories 1910 – 2010” (publishing summer 2013) Texas Goes Technicolor Kim — Dallas, Texas Kim was born in 1963 into a family she describes as “arch conservatives and budding hippies.” Her parents were older
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://suzannesherman.com/sneak-peak-7/" align="left"]“Survival Rules” — from Chapter 6 in my upcoming book, “100 Years in the Life of an American Girl: True Stories 1910 – 2010” (publishing summer 2013) “Survival Rules” Johnny, Arkansas Johnny lived in town with her family on four acres. They grew or raised everything they ate: collard
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://suzannesherman.com/sneak-peek-6-the-1960s/" align="left"]“Southern Girl” — from my upcoming book, “100 Years in the Life of an American Girl: True Stories 1910 – 2010” (publishing summer 2013) Chapter 5: The 1950s “Southern Girl” Belva Carole — Savannah, Georgia Belva Carole lived in two different worlds in this part of the Old South, the
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://suzannesherman.com/sneak-peak-5/" align="left"]Free Teleseminar Thursday March 7, 2013 4 pm PST 5 pm MST 6 pm CST 7 pm EST Join me for my free teleseminar on creating believable characters in memoir. I’ll be the featured speaker on a Roundtable teleseminar at the National Association of Memoir Writers (NAMW) on how to
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://suzannesherman.com/real-life-characters-the-heart-of-your-memoir/" align="left"]“Wartime Comes to the West Coast” — from Chapter 4 of my upcoming book, “100 Years in the Life of an American Girl: True Stories 1910 – 2010.” The book will be a rare view inside the lives of over 50 young girls from around the country and throughout a century. While
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://suzannesherman.com/sneak-peek-4/" align="left"]100 Years in the Life of an American Girl: True Stories 1910 – 2010 My new book will give a rare view inside: this is life in the words of young girls from around the country and throughout a century. While the book is in production, I’ve decided to share
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