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Patti Miller is the perfect navigator to accompany anyone embarking on the journey of discovery that is life writing…her voice is like that of a guiding friend, offering encouragement and support as well as practical advice.

The person who encouraged me to give my writing a go and taught me so much.

When I sent Patti the first draft of my Prague manuscript, it was unwieldy and lacking focus, but her wisdom, kindness and skill in helping me understanding of the purpose of memoir enabled me to untangle the morass of material and find my way back to its core. Patti’s response to my second draft was overwhelmingly warm and positive and gave me the most enormous encouragement to keep going. Her ongoing reinforcement of the memoir over the years helped me keep my dream alive. It is such a joy to finally have a two book deal with Allen and Unwin and my Prague memoir will be published in June next year! Thank you so much, Patti! I’ll now be diving into “Writing True Stories” as preparation for my second memoir!

Thanks so much for those excellent comments. You’re absolutely right, of course, about my fudging the real story… what you say about what it’s really about is so true …. as you so perceptively observed… and thanks for your very reasonable fee.

I am grateful to everyone who made a contribution… Firstly: author Patti Miller. I started writing the book while doing a Life Writing course with Patti. She later read a version of the ms and made many very valuable suggestions for improving it.

In practical terms, your constructive feedback is probably the most important to the book… but after several years of writing in a near vacuum it was your praise that meant the most to me personally. It was a much needed boost to my confidence to have a respected editor give me such positive feedback – and confidence is a good thing when squaring up to a rewrite. I really appreciate that you applied your attention so generously.