by Jane Pollak | Mar 17, 2019 | Memoir Sketches
This Sunday, March 17, marks 8 years since my divorce. Lots has changed since then, much of which is covered in my upcoming memoir Too Much of Not Enough. But the feelings from that day, in the courtroom, are easily remembered. Because I’m a coach by profession I have...
by Jane Pollak | Oct 11, 2016 | Memoir Sketches, Writing
The first draft of my memoir is complete! Thanks to my accountability partner, my visions group and a third support team (it does take a village), I sent off 275 pages to a local print house so that I can distribute hard copies to a handful of first readers. I’m...
by Jane Pollak | Aug 12, 2015 | Be Inspired, Memoir Sketches, Persistence, Self-Promotion, Support
I received the storyboard drawings of scenes from my memoir created by Fabricio on Monday. I feel propelled even further along my writing journey as a result of taking that step–hiring someone to listen to my story and paying him to render it for me visually. I...
by Jane Pollak | Apr 28, 2015 | General Wisdom, Memoir Sketches
I’m enrolled in a new Memoir class this spring. Today’s assignment is to write about one of the deadly sins (I’ve selected three, overachiever that I am) and use it as a theme in a writing piece. I wanted to share it with you since it’s been a...
by Jane Pollak | Nov 5, 2014 | Memoir Sketches
Approaching the West Side Highway exit for 42nd Street, I felt the energy of New York City, its pulsing beat merging with the honking horns and cacophony of people thronging the sidewalks. I was thrilled to be bringing my daughter into the city for her first Broadway...
by Jane Pollak | Jul 31, 2014 | Memoir Sketches
We didn’t know that these would be the last words that my 88 year old mother would utter, but it turned out that they were. “Shut up!” she barked at me and my sisters who had congregated in the emergency room of White Plains Hospital. There were...
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