Memoir • I love you so

I Did It: Yes to Every Chapter

Turns out finishing doesn’t feel like triumph. It feels like setting something heavy down. I finally finished the first draft, and my body knows it.

Outlining my character arc has helped me realize I’m not looking at myself critically enough. I still have some work to do.

If Old Me could see New Me now, she’d slap me… I need to write my memoir unburdened by expectation, the way I used to write!

I know Dad is gone now, and he has no use for these material things, but it still feels like I’m giving him away, piece by piece.

I oughta thank my mom’s brother, Troy, not any luck-filled stars, for teaching our family how to use a camcorder in the 90s.

Dad enjoying some time with us, playing patty-cake.

The best advice from Mary Karr, which she gives in her book, The Art of Memoir.

Not just an interesting subject, readers will discover Strip Tees is written with sass and heart by someone who knows how to tell a compelling story.