How to Write and Publish Your Memoir, Personal Experience Story, or Family History

How to Twitter

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If you want others to follow your latest thoughts/news

If you want to follow breaking news from your favorite organization or person like:

http://twitter.com/Saundersbooks, Oprah, whitehouse, CDCemergency, Reuters_TopNews,
It’s free

You don’t have to be someone’s friend to see what they’re up to and visa versa.

Begin:

Go To: www.Twitter.com
Click on: Get Started—Join!
Full name: (can have spaces in it-people will see it)
Username: How you want people to see you
Password:
Email:
Type in those security words
Click on: Create my account

Tabs in upper right:
Home: Where you can type your updates and read others.
Profile: Lists all your updates—this is what people see when deciding if they want to follow you
Find People: Provides ways for you to invite by email, find on Twitter, on other networks. If you still can’t find someone, try clicking into “search” at the bottom which allows you to do a more advanced search on a person or topic.
Settings: Has your info about who you are.

Researching, Writing and Publishing YOUR Family History

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Researching Your Family History:

Free online sites that you can access from home:

The National Archives:
http://www.archives.gov/

The Library of Congress:
http://www.loc.gov/

U.S. Army Military History Institute
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/

Ellis Island:
http://www.ellisisland.org/

http://www.cyndislist.com/Cyndi's List is a huge index to every genealogy site online. Those that aren't in this index will be soon. It is so all-inclusive that it can be intimidating to first-time visitors. But if you think that a certain piece of information can be found online, using Cyndi's List can give you its address, and a click on its name can take you directly to the site. Cyndi is the queen of indexes for online researchers.

Visit your local libary's website. and click into databases. Then click on the History/Genealogy button. The link to my Suffern Database History/Genealogy: http://www.rcls.org/db/suf/maggen.htm#hist
In Rockland County library databases, I found several databases in including:
Ancestry Plus - AncestryPlus is the most comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research available.
HeritageQuest - Represents the most comprehensive collection of genealogical information available anywhere. (INCLUDES Census records, books, historical articles, Revolutionary War pension records, and records for African Americans)
Proquest Obituaries - You can use the collection to search obituaries and death notices from prominent newspapers, such as The New York Times (dating back to 1851).

To learn how to publish:
http://authorlisasaunders.blogspot.com/

To learn about my memoirs and historical work, visit my website at http://www.authorlisasaunders.com/

Writing from your life

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Most of my published works are based on my life experiences or on the experiences of my ancestors. Your story is valuable and should be shared too. On my blog you'll find important tips on how to write a personal experience story/memoir/family history and get it published. You are also welcome to send your true short story by clicking on "comment" below.

If you would like to see samples of my published work, visit http://www.authorlisasaunders.com/

or click into the following: Are you my publisher.doc

recordonline.com - The silent virus that silenced Elizabeth

recordonline.com - Couple treks through Harriman, on the trail of ...

Elizabeth and Floyd's Excellent Adventure.doc (Rockland Review)

Two Dogs and a Shelter.doc

OurPatriots-HenryGale.pdf (A Revolutionary War veteran is sentenced to hang for his leadership role in Shay's Rebellion. Published in the March/April 08 issue of American Spirit)

The 7 Wonders of Rockland http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007702010457

My books:

Children Sentinel Ride A Horse.doc (First chapter of my children's novel, "Ride a Horse, Not an Elevator"). You can see my novel on http://www.authorlisasaunders.com/

Letters Behind Ever True.doc (Battlefield Journal and Outlook). My non-fiction book, EVER TRUE: A Union Private and His Wife, is based on my great-great grandparents' Civil War letters. See on my Web site at http://www.authorlisasaunders.com/

My second published story:

Elizabeth: A Christmas Blessing Christmas Blessing pg 1.JPG Christmas Blessing pg 2.JPG