BRENDA SEROTTE

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First came POEMS, and then MEMOIR... Now, a NOVEL! Read an excerpt, "Shoulder Girls," from my novel-in-progress, in the journal SABAL, out this July. Stay tuned...

MEMOIR and POETRY What's New: Turkish Edition of Memoir The cover of The Fortune Teller's Kiss, available at bookstores in Turkey Memoir: The Fortune Teller's Kiss Click on Home Page to read Reviews SOME MEMOIR DOs and DON'Ts: 1. Don't worry what anyone in the family will think. Get your ideas down; write your story first. 2. Make your memoir about you, not about someone else. 3. The great thing about this kind of writing that is different from fiction is that you get to "show" and "tell"! 4. Don't feel you can't create things. Think of it as creative nonfiction. It has to be factual-- you can't "create" having a brother if you don't have one, but details, sensory elements, can be added to enhance your story. 5. Read memoirs! You have to read the genre you're writing. by Brenda Serotte, as quoted in the August 26, 2007 Sun-Sentinel. ISBN #0-8032-4326-X, by Brenda Serotte, University of Nebraska Press.   The Blue Farm: POEMS Click on The Blue Farm to read reviews... Ginninderra Press (see Quick Links), or order from author; click on "Email author," right

QUICK LINKS Read an Excerpt To Purchase Books E-mail the author Read an excerpt from "The Fortune Teller's Kiss" in New Mobility Magazine To order THE BLUE FARM Poetry book To order memoir from: University of Nebraska Press Order from Amazon SABAL, the Journal of Eckerd College Soft Skull Press To order the anthology: "Saints of Hysteria" Memoir & Poetry Memoir: The Fortune Teller's Kiss A tale of growing up in the Bronx as a child belly dancer who catches polio, as predicted by her fortune-telling grandma. Poetry The Blue Farm: POEMS Poems about the value of family, poetry, and the mystery of Peru.

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