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SUMMARY:Writing & Publishing a Memoir - In-person
LOCATION:Olney Library\nOlney Library
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DESCRIPTION:Interested in writing and publishing a memoir? Learn from Olne
 y Writer's Group members Kaitlyn Jain and Amy Chan Zhou..\nhttps://mcpl.li
 bnet.info/event/7964097
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong><sp
 an style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/772583
 2" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">Olney Writer's 
 Group</a></span></strong> members&nbsp\;Kaitlyn&nbsp\;Jain and Amy Chan Zh
 ou both recently published their memoirs and are happy to share their stor
 ies and experiences. Learn about their writing processes (how to stay moti
 vated!)\, and tips and strategies on publishing your own work.&nbsp\;Q&amp
 \;A and light refreshments to follow.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #
 000000\;"><strong>Kaitlyn Jain's</strong>&nbsp\;book is titled&nbsp\;<stro
 ng><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org
 /Record/321712?searchId=6849186&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referr
 ed=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><e
 m>Passports and Pacifiers: Traveling the World\, One Tantrum at a Time</em
 ></a></span></strong>. It's a moving\, honest and highly entertaining acco
 unt of her family's experiences traveling overseas with 4 young children. 
 Kaitlyn just recorded an audiobook version\, and has presented her story t
 o audiences around the country. She's also published several stories in <e
 m>Chicken Soup for the Soul</em>\, with the newest coming out in April. Mo
 re information can be found at her website\,</span>&nbsp\;<span style="col
 or: #0000ff\;"><strong><a href="http://www.KaitlynJain.com" target="_blank
 " rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">KaitlynJain.com</a></strong></sp
 an>.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>Amy Chan
  Zhou</strong>&nbsp\;wrote&nbsp\;<strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a
  href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/417304?searchId=6849207&amp\
 ;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel=
 "noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>Flowing with the Pearl River</em><
 /a></span></strong>&nbsp\;about her childhood growing up during China's tu
 multuous Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. It's an unflinching account of 
 survival-- her father tried escaping to Hong Kong multiple times before fi
 nally succeeding-- during a time of great political and cultural upheaval.
  An essay she penned was published in&nbsp\;<em>Newsweek'</em></span><em>s
 </em>&nbsp\;<strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://www.ne
 wsweek.com/i-grew-communist-china-1960s-1739140" target="_blank" rel="noop
 ener" style="color: #0000ff\;">My Turn column</a></span></strong>&nbsp\;<s
 pan style="color: #000000\;">in September 2022.</span></p>\n<p><span style
 ="color: #000000\;">Both titles are on Olney Library's local author shelf 
 and in MCPL's catalog.</span><span style="color: #000000\;"><em></em></spa
 n></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><em>Sponsored by the Friends of 
 the Library\, Montgomery County.</em></span></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><span style=
 "color: #000000\;"><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></span></p>\n<p>
 <span style="color: #000000\;">People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing shou
 ld request&nbsp\;<strong><span style="color: #333333\;"><a href="https://m
 ontgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html" style="color
 : #333333\;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">English-language captioning or
  sign-language interpretation</a></span></strong>&nbsp\;at least five days
  before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Ass
 istant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with a
 ll other accommodation requests.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #00000
 0\;">cm 1.1 01/03/2023</span></p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/7964097
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