Becky Blanton – Editor

I'm curious about YOU. With more than six billion people on the earth, I'll never meet them all - duh. But I do want to meet as many as possible in the time I have left. And I want to hear, and help you tell your story, share your insights, or reach the readers you want to reach. I'm a ghostwriter, graphic artist, and publisher with more than 30 years of experience in content generation, book cover design, editing, developmental editing, and formatting. I love working with individuals, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and large corporations to create great content that gets results.

MEMOIR

A memoir is NOT a biography, it's an adventure. Memoirs are built around a THEME in your life, be it a coming of age, being part of a national tragedy, child of alcoholics, whatever, it's about something you learned that changed your life in a dramatic way.

I particularly love writing "Business memoirs." A business memoir is a memoir about your life, time in business. While many memoirs are crafted around a lousy childhood, alcoholic or drug-addicted parents, and a rags-to-riches theme, what more and more readers want is to hear how you made it in your business. Yes, your childhood, or upbringing is relevant, but readers want to know how you turned lemons into a multi-million dollar empire or became a doctor in spite of living in your car all through med-school, that kind of inspiration.

We all have hard lives, and some are harder than others. People love an underdog story, something about overcoming adversity and succeeding in business, or publishing. Maybe your YouTube channel never had more than 12 followers, all of them family members and ex-spouses keeping track of you. Then you hit on a formula that got you the coveted YouTube plaque. HOW did you do it? That's what readers of a business memoir want to know. They want to see that you were once a smuck like them, digging in their car's ashtray to find quarters to buy a McDonald's cheeseburger. Then, you figured out, over time and trials and lots of life drama, how to succeed. THAT'S the kind of memoir that's selling. For an example, look at SHOE DOG, by Nike Founder Phil Knight. THAT is a business memoir. Phil describes all the drama, hate, and trials that went into becoming the most famous sports/shoe brand in the world. And, entrepreneurs can learn from the lessons he talks about in his book. You have that in you too.

Isn't it time to think about writing your own memoir? Maybe it's about business, or sailing, or cars, or whatever you love. It doesn't have to be about your childhood or anything overtly dramatic. It just has to share what you know with people/readers who probably don't know it. It can fun, funny, and light as well dark and moody. It's up to you. What do you know that you'd like to share with people? Think about it, then contact me.