by Bettina Deda | Nov 12, 2021 | Books, Creativity, Writing |
My creative writing journey started in October 2014 when I came across a red book called Memento by Michael McQueen. The back cover blurb read: "Memento will require you to invest two of your most valuable assets: your time and your memories. Opening the pages, I...
by Bettina Deda | Aug 3, 2021 | Books, Writing |
I am thrilled to announce the publication of my story A Conversation without Words in The Turning Point, an anthology of moments that changed people's lives, edited by Gareth St. John Thomas. What's even more exciting is that my story was chosen from more than 100...
by Bettina Deda | Jan 28, 2018 | Writing |
In 2015, Bettina started writing about her life and sharing her experiences in a series of blog posts. In this post, she explains how a life-changing Kahuna massage triggered a new memoir manuscript.
by Bettina Deda | Nov 9, 2016 | Creativity, Writing |
Last year, I started a series of posts talking about my memoir writing journey. I wrote about getting feedback on your manuscript, how I built my author platform, embracing the mess while doing the structural edit and about drawing and memory. My most recent post The...
by Bettina Deda | Feb 7, 2016 | Creativity, Writing |
At the end of 2015, I had finalised the first draft of my memoir manuscript and decided to engage the services of an editor for a structural edit. After contacting my writing class teacher, she recommended a couple of editors specialising in memoir. Early January, ...