A word or two about writing my memoir . . .
It’s a strange undertaking, writing a memoir.
Strange in that I am an ordinary human being. I am not a sports star. I am not a movie star. I am not some famous politician or scientist or humanitarian.
I’m just a guy, a blip on the radar screen of the human race, one of approximately 100 billion who have lived on this planet. If you passed me on the street, chances are I wouldn’t even register on your “give a shit” meter. I am plain at best, certainly not handsome, and I have no distinguishing visual characteristics. I have “shit brown eyes and hair,” I’m average in height and I’m average in weight.
I am boringly ordinary, and yet family and friends encouraged me to write a memoir because they believe my story to be extraordinary.
And in a way they are correct . . . my story is extraordinary . . . as is your story! I believe we are all extraordinarily ordinary and I believe all of our stories should be recorded.
I am extraordinarily ordinary, just like the rest of you seven billion plus, and it’s about time ordinary had its time in the sun, don’t you think? Ordinary is, after all, the quintessential default setting for us humans. Ordinary is the raising of families and high school proms. Ordinary is jobs and careers, passions and moments of confused indirection. Ordinary is PTA meetings and bowling leagues, gardening and Little League Baseball. Ordinary is a single mother of two toddlers, working two jobs to provide a quality life for her offspring.
I was raised by an extraordinary family, and I don’t want their story to die with me. You see, I’m one of the few Hollands left on this planet, and I believe my family name deserves its place among the historical volumes. We did some good, we Hollands, and good should always be remembered.
Pushing my ambivalence aside, I decided my memoir should be about love, since I believe love is the single most important thing in life . . . and so my memoir is a story of love, a self-help, feel-good, unashamed celebration of one man’s conquest over adversity, and the discovery that I am a product of love and a keeper of the torch of love.
If you are interested, you can pick up the book at Amazon by following this link.
And the Kindle edition.
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE COMPUTER
I know this might sound ridiculous, but I swear it’s true. I was heading to the office and this thought jumped into my brain . . .hey, Bill, you once wrote a writing guide. It has been so long since I published it (2015) that I had forgotten all about it. “The Ultimate Writing Guide” touches upon all facets of writing. It is fifty-four chapters about all things related to writing, and you can find it on Amazon by following this handy dandy link.
Have an extraordinary day in your extraordinary life!
Bill
“Helping writers to spread their wings and fly.”
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