Announcements:  Shared Lodging ticket [AND a private ticket] just opened up for the retreat for a woman-identified person wanting to share a tipi with two twin beds. $650 for all food and lodging, coaching, instruction, and retreat time. [$900 for the private ticket.] Group Coaching Sept 12- Dec 12 $500 for 3-months (works out to $165/mo and my 1:1 weekly coaching is $500, so you can see the price difference there) Go to valerieihsan.com/shopping Just finished:  Rich as Fuck by Amanda Frances and listening to A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales. I'M READING: Wildwood Magic by Willa Reece and I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi   Erick's Reading:  Roni Stinger's Fuzzy (Rewind or Die series) The Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Show Notes:   (Hard things for Memoirists) Making the truth interesting,  thinking of/understanding that a book is a tool in the publishing industry (reaching audience) Who are they talking to? Marketing can get in the way. reliving, (self-care when writing hard stuff) (seek a therapist if needed for re-traumatization) getting it right (idea of One Truth that gets in the way); OH! It's really about ... separating self from the character. (In order to receive feedback.)