Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Kick Start

Chapter 2 Life Writing as a Hobby

Chapter 3 Finding the Time, the Place and the Voice

Chapter 4 How to Get Topic Ideas

Chapter 5 Family Matters

Chapter 6 World Events and Me

Chapter 7 Dealing with Discouragement

Chapter 8 Digging the Story Out of a Photograph

Chapter 9 The Pearls of Great Price

Chapter 10 Beginnings, Endings and the Dreaded Re-Writes