Memowrite Your Memoirs

Dear S.Q., I’m not a 70+ y.o. old fuddy-duddy. I danced with flowers in my hair in Haight-Ashbury during San Francisco’s Summer of Love and two years later popped champagne cheering the moon landing. We protested illegal wars in foreign lands, and burned our bras when friends returned in body bags or committed suicide with PTSD. We were jailed when fighting for civil rights. We mourned the murders of JFK, Malcolm, Martin, and Bobby. And this was just the 1960s! What’s a good way to leave my kids my memoir of “Now That I’m Dead, I’ll Tell You the Dirty Details.”

Dear Hip Hippie, Great book title, and I’m sure your memories will be equally bold. Surf the internet for overwhelming options to tell your story. You can GO BIG  by self-publishing, maybe with a ghost writer (reedsy.com is an on-line company with hundreds of professionals to fulfill your needs). Go MeDiUm by videotaping while you storytell. Memowrite is a 100% on-line company where a live body answered their phone on a Sunday night! Unfortunately, she couldn't tell me who owned the company, and I couldn’t locate anything written about them legally, only that their reviews were stellar. Memowrite has your loved ones write or record their memories, helped with 50 guided questions that the parent answers. Memowrite's AI will publish your book after it “turns spoken memories into written stories. Every answer is gently polished into a chapter that still sounds exactly like them." (Then, because AI can duplicate all your family’s voices, expect impersonation scams, phishing calls, investment scams… But, I digress…). Or go small, gather the family, share a few gummies or favorite indulgences and chat until the wee hours. Let the good times re-roll! -SQ