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Barbara Jaehn, Tracy Williams and Angela L. Davis, all former inmates at a correctional facility in Framingham, talked frankly about the realities of incarceration...
...tape recorder or writing with pen on paper or at a computer. The act of writing about our past, says Kate Hays, a Toronto clinical psychologist, offers valuable "self-reflection, exploration, continuity and discovery." Most important, memoirs are true; they tell what happened. Frank McCourt's 1996 best seller Angela's Ashes kindled interest in the memoirs of ordinary people. Says Adam Sexton, dean of New York City's Gotham Writers' Workshop: "People read McCourt and think, 'I could do that.'" Maybe everyone won't equal his success, but to your family and friends the story you write will...
...hope to nab a big publishing deal and follow in the footsteps of someone like Angela's Ashes author Frank McCourt, you'll have to ask some hard questions about your book first. "Publishers decide on the basis that no one reads anymore. So they ask, 'Can we promote this?'" cautions Tristine Rainer, founder of the Center for Autobiographic Studies in Pasadena, Calif. Your memoir is marketable, according to Rainer, if it provides a glimpse into a unique world, reflects the social issues of a larger group or is just great writing. Even if you meet these criteria, convincing...
Suurkask--the team's leading scorers last year before the arrival of this year's top line and standout freshman defenseman Angela Ruggiero--had the game in the bag about five minutes into the extra period when the classmates raced down the wings with only one Wildcat defender back...
Moreover, there was one other dominant scorer on the team, only she was not a forward. Freshman Angela Ruggiero led all defensemen in the nation with 21 goals and 40 assists and is without a doubt one of the most imposing presences in women's hockey. Her speed and strength make her a threat in the defensive zone, on the breakaway and from the blue line. Ruggiero is so good at preventing two-on-one breakaways from developing into shots on goal that it's almost unfair to give her a linemate...