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I’ve long been a fan of recording personal stories. My attention is easily captured by the spoken story, such as conversations recorded by Story Corps, and by the written story, such as the spiral-bound pages of family history that a grandmother or grandfather carefully wrote, and by commercially published memoirs.

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Introduction

I have had the privilege of recording and helping to shape the personal stories of several family and friends. It’s an honor to propose questions that help reconnect a person with their memories, to record stories, and to work with individuals to shape spoken stories into words on a page and pages into a book that can be shared.

I’m excited that my most recent project has become a completed memoir! What started as a project to stay occupied during the long year of the 2020 Covid pandemic has continued as a collaboration between a relative and myself to record, shape, and hone his stories. I’m thrilled to say that publishing prospects are looking good for my uncle Dan Shenk’s memoir, that we are calling A Search for a Blessing: the Gay Son of Mennonite Missionaries Turns AIDS Activist.

Please stop back soon to visit my resource page where you will find ideas for getting started on recording or writing your story.

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