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One key aspect of creating a memoir or legacy book is photo selection. For most life stories, images play the role of supporting the text, adding context, and engaging readers. My advice: if your goal is to choose photos that fit with existing written text, do NOT start by opening a folder chock-full of images. Why? You are likely to face 2 problems: Problem #1: beautiful images that don’t connect to your overall point Problem #2: no images of the very thing you most want to

Growing up, one of my favourite stationery tools was multi-coloured pens. I loved writing in different colours, but as a child, I would try pushing every coloured tab down at the same time. I could never manage to write in four colours at once, despite my best efforts. When it comes to writing a book, it’s also impossible for authors to use multiple literary techniques at an exact moment in a passage. This is why having multiple techniques at one’s disposal, or colours in one

Over the years supporting people to complete their book projects, I start to hear similar enquiries. One that has come up continuously is the question of voice: should a book be written in 3rd person (John Smith was born in Charlottetown, PEI in 1936) or in the first person (I was born in a small town just north of Salmon Arm, BC)? The question often arises for two reasons: The manuscript is partly written in third person, partly in first person - and the author is trying to