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Author Archives: Nancy Wait
How Can Memoir Solve a Mystery?
How does writing a memoir solve a mystery? Well, if you think about it, how could it not? Even if you didn’t necessarily call it a mystery, you had questions, right? Why did I do this or that? Why did … Continue reading
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Wait, There’s More
My earliest memories include staring at the knots in the pine wood of our walled-in porch, and staring at the raised pattern of flowers on the maroon sofa where I was often placed, wedged between pillows. At this point, I … Continue reading
I Made it All Come Right in the End
When I was in high school studying to be an actress, my father told me to “take my work seriously, not myself.” And a few years before that, when I was in junior high, he encouraged me to raise my … Continue reading
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Stepping Softly Into Voice
This is me at eighteen, an actress speaking the words of others, with no voice of her own. Afraid to speak her feelings, fearful of repercussions. Hiding behind a veil (albeit an attractive veil, but still a screen). Then I … Continue reading
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Tagged finding one's voice, Nancy Wait, overcoming shyness, painting, sixth chakra, The Nancy Who Drew
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Inner Plane Discussion
A Dialogue Between the Higher-Self and the Inner-Self Inner Self: Oh, Higher Self, Why did you allow this wounding to happen? Higher Self: So you would know the tree when it falls, and the bird when it falls, and the … Continue reading
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Auditioning For My Life
Dear Mr. and Ms. Publisher, Much as I would love to submit to you (again!) I can’t this time. I just can’t! Seems all my life I’ve been trying to get in somewhere—the Royal Academy, Actors Equity, the English theatre. … Continue reading
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How Beauty Saved Me
When I was young I was entirely focused on my outer appearance. I was an actress in those days and spent a lot of time in front of the mirror, not always for the purpose of creating a character in … Continue reading
Excerpt ~ “Revenge”
September 9, 2001, was a Sunday. Late that afternoon I dropped my manuscript off at the home of my advisor. Normally I would have sent Jan my packet in the mail, but perhaps I was late in getting it off. … Continue reading
Deep Paint
Deep Paint Portrait of a Journey Pastel by NW 1994 Polar Shift, pastel In the beginning I didn’t know I was illustrating a journey, or that I would end up with a shift in perspective, realizing a new balance between … Continue reading
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Tagged Girl Under Water, Nancy Wait, Nancy Who Drew, paintings by Nancy Wait, Polar Shift, self-portraits
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Memoir Writing: the first five years
In case you were wondering how long it takes to write a memoir… It takes as long as it takes. Memoirs are usually a labor of love, written for oneself or one’s family, no matter we hope to have a … Continue reading
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Tagged going back to college, learning how to write, memoir writing, Nancy Wait
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