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How Do You Turn Someone’s Life Story Into a Memoir? An Interview With Francine Brevetti, Part Two

Legend Crafter's founder talks about ghostwriting memoirs

Today in the second part of a two-part interview, SevenPonds speaks with Francine Brevetti of Legend Crafter from her home in San Francisco, California. Francine is a biographer, ghostwriter, book coach, journalist and author of two books: Fabulous Fior: Over … Continue reading

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How Do You Help Someone Turn a Life Story Into a Memoir? An Interview with Francine Brevetti, Part One

Legend Crafter's founder talks about ghostwriting a memoir

Today in the first part of a two-part interview, SevenPonds speaks with Francine Brevetti of Legend Crafter from her home in San Francisco, California. Francine is a biographer, ghostwriter, book coach, journalist and author of two books: Fabulous Fior: Over … Continue reading

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Today: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Pioneer for Physician-Assisted Suicide, Dies at 83

While “Dr. Death” has passed on, his aid-in-dying legacy continues

“Dying is not a crime” —Dr. Kevorkian As the topic of aid-in-dying heats up across the nation like never before, it seems fitting that Jack Kevorkian departs us — the man who first sparked the public debate on (so-called) “physician-assisted … Continue reading

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We Pause in Memory of Elizabeth Taylor

It saddens me to announce that at age 79, Elizabeth Taylor passed away; and along with her, part of my American childhood also passed. Elizabeth Taylor was an icon to women of our generation. The first time we saw those famous … Continue reading

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“Must You Go? My Life with Harold Pinter” by Antonia Fraser

by Antonia Fraser

  From a distance, the marriage of Antonia Fraser, a notable British biographer and author, and the late Harold Pinter, the 2005 Nobel Laureate of Literature, would seem an unlikely match; Pinter having been rather irritable and abrasive, while Fraser … Continue reading

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