“Writing about Me, Ourselves, and You”
By Suzanne Braun Levine,
“Happy Anniversary,
SheWrites.com™!”
Finding material to write about is not always easy. One route is the memoir, which is built on revealing material you know well. Or you can write about something you don’t know well but would like to learn about. I combine the two by weaving some – but not all – of my own life story with answers to the question “What’s going on with women?” I have spent most of my professional life chronicling that transformation of women’s lives at different stages, and the experience has, in turn, inspired and empowered my own. Every time over the past forty years that I posed the question “What’s going on with women?” the answers were different.
OUR HISTORY, OURSELVES – How to Celebrate International Women’s Day
By Suzanne Braun Levine
March 8 commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the official recognition of the world’s women. Over that century American women got the vote, became economic entities, and were granted equal rights in most spheres. And we found our voices. We have been speaking up and speaking out about the conditions and experiences of our lives, and as a result much of our story has emerged from the obscurity that history has relegated us to.
IS IT TIME TO START YOUR OWN BLOG? THINK ABOUT IT… THE INTERNET IS THERE FOR YOU!
By Karin Lippert
Media Consultant
Yes, women are on Facebook™ and Twitter™. But, many of us want to take the conversation to the next step – create a community of our own or support a cause. This insight often comes after we’ve shared photos of the kids and grandkids – many, many times!