CHECK OUT "TALES OF OUR LIVES"

HEY Y'ALL: I'M PUBLISHED! 

by Heidi Johnson-Wright

Revealing yourself is never easy. I'd venture to say it's doubly hard for gimps. We're always trying to fit in, so revealing more details of a gimpy life can make us feel quite vulnerable. That's why we have to take control and turn it around.  You want to hear what it's like to limp around with an ugly leg brace in junior high? How others stare at, or right through you? Well, here are some gory details:

"Clark stood in the hallway with the dolly. Its flat wooden bed was fine for hauling boxes of urinal cakes or the sawdust stuff the janitor sprinkled on the floor to soak up puke. It was less than ideal for towing a gimp girl in a flouncy prairie skirt."  (from my memoir piece, "Crip Cargo Hook-Up" in Tales of Our Lives: Fork in the Road.)

If it's gory (and entertaining) details you seek, check out my two memoir pieces in a two-volume, 81-story anthology of authentic voices of women writers. "TALES OF OUR LIVES: Fork in the Road" (available from Amazon at: http://amzn.to/20VYNJq) and "TALES OF OUR LIVES: Reflection Pond" (http://amzn.to/1MQGKdk) are collections of award-winning stories. 

  

Both collections are CHEAP on amazon.com! Starting Jan. 8 at 11 am EST, each volume will be $ .99 for the first couple days. The price increases one dollar every couple of days until it stops at the regular price of $3.99. 

You can read these stories even if you don't have a tablet or Kindle reader. Just download from Amazon onto your PC.

Get 'em while they're hot! 

Here's an excerpt from my other story:

"As Iris’s mom plunked down on the kitchen table her white suede shoulder bag with its foot-long fringe, I began to take a good look at her. She was definitely not Carol Brady. She stood about 5 feet 4 and her platinum, crimped hair hung nearly to her waist. Unlike my mom who never left the house without wearing a Playtex girdle, Iris’s mom embraced her curves. To quote a C.W. McCall song that my dad loved: she was 'built like a burlap bag full of bobcats.'"  (From my memoir piece, "Iris and Me" in Tales of Our Lives: Reflection Pond.)

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HEIDI JOHNS0N-WRIGHT A PRIME CONTRIBUTOR TO WOMENSMEMOIRS.COM

TALES OF OUR LIVES: Fork in the Road -- all 5 star reviews on Amazon to date

TALES OF OUR LIVES, an anthology of 81 inspiring true stories, informs woman's desire to record, examine, understand, and report life journeys. In an era of reality shows that aren't close to reality, the authentic voices of these authors stand out, clearly conveying their heartfelt stories. As you read, you'll find yourself laughing, crying, even cheering the women on. And, if you want to compile your own stories, you'll find a bonus writing tool included--Introduction to Writing Alchemy--the document that helped these women go deeper into their own stories. 

TALES OF OUR LIVES brings you life stories in two anthology volumes -- Fork in the Road and Reflection Pond. Put on your comfortable walking shoes for in Volume 1: Fork in the Road, you'll travel down life's path with the authors as they reveal the people and events that made all the difference in their lives, the stories that made them who they are. In Volume 2: Reflection Pond, pull up a chair and sit with the authors as they reflect on their lives across the years--the stories, big and small, that they recall. 

The author's stories may serve as a springboard to writing your own life legacy. As a reader of these two anthologies, you also receive the same material on how to use Writing Alchemy. It is a gift to you so that you can shine a light on the moments that helped shape you using this dynamic methodology. 

AND STILL MORE. In addition to giving you a full description of Writing Alchemy, you also can use these two anthology volumes to enhance your writing skills in two more ways. First, each section includes a series of writing prompts based on the types of stories shared in that part. Volume 1 gives you 42 prompts and Volume 2 includes 56 prompts. Second, you can study these stories to learn about effective openings, titles that foreshadow the story, character descriptions, emotions that pull the reader in, dialogue that moves the story forward, sensory details that bring story scenes to life, and time/place elements that serve as backdrop or become as important as the main characters.

THE ANTHOLOGY AUTHORS provide you life narratives that will delight, entertain, and enthrall you. The telling of these extraordinary stories of ordinary women may trigger memories of your own for these authors speak to our collective experiences as much as they do their own.  

ABOUT THE EDITOR. Matilda Butler is the co-founder of WomensMemoirs.com and the award-winning co-author of the collective memoir ROSIE'S DAUGHTERS: The “First Woman To” Generation Tells Its Story, Second Edition, WRITING ALCHEMY: How to Write Fast and Deep, and other books. Butler is the co-editor of the award-winning anthology series SEASONS OF OUR LIVES (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) that rose to #2, #3, #4, #5 on the Amazon Kindle's bestseller list. A psychologist, online and in-person memoir coach and conference speaker, Butler writes and teaches in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii. 
  

                          HEIDI JOHNSON-WRIGHT

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HEIDI JOHNSON-WRIGHT'S AUTHOR PROFILE ON AMAZON

Heidi Johnson-Wright is both a writer and an ADA compliance professional.

(Also a lawyer, but please don't hold it against her.)

She's had severe rheumatoid arthritis since childhood and is a full-time power wheelchair user. She was a poster child for the Arthritis Foundation.

Over time, she's come to the conclusion that going through life in an upright position is overrated.

Johnson-Wright has been a published free-lance writer for more than two decades, writing stories on inclusive design, life with a disability and accessible travel, as well as book and music reviews.

Johnson-Wright is a native Clevelander who got smart and moved to Miami.

She and her husband are two of a handful of Anglos who live in her Little Havana neighborhood.

In addition to her essays in "Tales of Our Lives," she has a forthcoming memoir titled "The Earthbound Tomboy."

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MY WIFE HEIDI JOHNSON-WRIGHT IS A BEST-SELLING MEMOIRIST

Heidi Johnson-Wright, author of the upcoming book EarthBound TomBoy, has reached best seller status on Amazon within the first week of the release of Tales of Our Lives: Reflection Pond.

Heidi's excerpt from her upcoming memoir helped propel the Matilda Butler-edited complilation to  best seller #5 Kindle Writing Skills.

The book also is #34 Kindle Memoirs by Women)

Buy the book at: http://amzn.to/1MQGKdk