No Tears For My Father: A true story of incest
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Blog postGoodbye to MEMOIRABILIA-Final Podcast
Welcome back to the very VERY LAST edition of Memoirabilia podcasts. This is Viga Boland, author of the memoir, NO TEARS FOR MY FATHER along with other memoirs, and the instructional, motivational book, I wrote for listeners like you on how to write a memoir just as I did, titled
DON’T WRITE YOUR MEMOIR WITHOUT ME
In this last series of Memoirabilia podcasts, I was bringing you, chapter by chapter, that entire -
Blog postWHY WRITING MEMOIR MATTERS
by Viga Boland, author and book reviewer
Podcast #23 from the book, “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’ by Viga Boland
If everything I’ve shared with you in “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’ and in all the advice and editorials presented in the last few pages, hasn’t yet convinced you that writing memoir matters, then I urge you to get yourself a copy of THE MEMOIR REVOLUTION by JERRY WAXLER
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Blog postVigaland Non-celebrity #MeToo Story #16-Forged in Fire!
Let us all be forged in our fires, not consumed by them
I remember first, taking a bath as a child. My daddy would run his hands along my legs, then his fingers into my vagina. He assured me he was “cleaning my insides”, because even our insides get dirty. I didn’t understand what this meant, but I knew it felt wrong. I was 5 years old.
Fast forward to middle school. I developed early, so I had to be cautio -
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Blog postVigaland Non-celebrity #MeToo Story #15-Paula
PTSD after Childhood Sexual Abuse
I lived through those days where women in the office were sort of “Expected” to be sex objects. And if you didn’t giggle and play along with the sexual banter you were “cold” or a “dike” or something, and you really never got promotions, raises, and often you were “let go”. I once worked for a man while I was in college who had me go to his home and help his wife with her Hadassah mailings. Then wh -
Blog postVigaland Non-celebrity #MeToo Story #14-Bethany A regular Sunday afternoon. As with most Sundays over the past 25yrs I’m at the theatre. I’m partaking in what some would call a hobby, but to me it’s medicine for my soul. Outside of being with my family, the stage is the one place I feel safe and whole.
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Blog postVigaland Non-celebrity #MeToo Story #13-Ashley I remember that night like it was yesterday. It started just as any other night at my grandparent’s house: having dinner, playing cards and, of course, watching the nightly news. Only one thing was different that night. Nana decided to take a shower which I don’t remember her ever doing
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Blog postVigaland Non-celebrity #MeToo Story #12-Joy
I was twenty when I lost my virginity, but it was not a losing of choice. It was not an act of love.
I remember lying in my own bed, naked, a guy that I knew on top of me, his hands everywhere, his breath heavy, an overmastering desire emanating from him. My own thinking was dulled, my vision blurred, my sense of control gone. I had been drinking hard all night, shot after shot, trying to numb the pain of a recent breakup. Now -
Blog postVigaland Non-celebrity #MeToo Story #11-Melly
A GOOD MAN…ON PAPER!
September 23, 2011, filed within the court system is our “official” separation date. 17 months after exchanging wedding vows, 7 yrs of back and forth; 7 years of constant lies; 7 years of manipulation and hurt, I decided to end my marriage. In hindsight, there were signs, many many signs, that I turned a blind eye too all in the name and faith of love. It came down to a choice that left me deeply sca -
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Blog postVigaland Non-celebrity #MeToo Story #10-Allie
NO MUD, NO LOTUS
I just got done working at the bar and it was about 2 in the morning. My boyfriend and I were going through a rough patch and I wanted to blow off some
Global warming concept: face of woman with cracked skin
steam so I went across the street to the bar where my friends were working and I had a drink. That drink turned into more drinks and then a few shots and soon enough we had closed the bar down. -
Blog postVigaland Non-celebrity #MeToo Story #9-Louis
A male victim of sexual abuse speaks out with his #MeToo story
My next-door neighbor, Nick, was a friend I spent a lot of time with for about 6 years. He was a friend I felt guilty about having at times because, like a lot of boys I knew growing up, he could be very brash, stubborn, and physically violent. Yet, I found a comfortable place hanging out with him and the other friends we had nearby. His family was friendly and generous -
Blog postVigaland Non-celebrity #MeToo Story #7: Bev
It took me until my mid-30s to tell my parents about what had happened, that I was sexually abused by three different family members from the ages of 3-6. I want to be clear that my father was not one of them. He could be difficult and sometimes physically and verbally abusive but he was not a pedophile. And it only became possible to finally reveal my dark secret after I’d had a major breakdown, in my late 20s, (caused by buried shame from -
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Blog postVigaland Non-celebrity #MeToo Story #6: Sam
I don’t know, it seems that I was sexualised from a very young age. I had an awareness of my body, namely my vagina and I didn’t seem to mind who saw it and I remember having a sense that I had something powerful, something that the boys wanted to see. The memories go back to being about 4 years old.
I had a dad and 3 much older brothers and can only remember being loved and teased and wanted. So, I have no memory of any family -
Blog postALL THE WAYS YOU CAN FACE THE SKY
Vianvi Podcast Book Review 2018 #3 by Viga Boland
If you decide to read All the Ways You can Face the Sky by Farlo Ben Truman…and you should…prepare yourself for a very different journey into literary fiction. Truman’s approach might initially confuse you: it will take a while to figure out just what he is doing. Once you have figured it out…or think you have…you’ll find yourself wondering how much of what you are reading is actually taking pl -
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Blog postWhat Remains Unsaid by Audrey Kalman
Vianvi Podcast Book Review 2018 #2 by Viga Boland
If you’re into psychological thrillers, the opening chapter of What Remains Unsaid by Audrey Kalman will immediately grab you. But a word of caution here: this book is a work of literary fiction, meaning it’s character, not plot driven, and it’s definitely not a thriller.
With that established, rest assured that What Remains Unsaid will take you right insid -
Blog postTHE EXTRACTION by Steve F. Freeman
Vianvi Podcast Book Review 2018 #1 by Viga Boland
When is a thriller not “just another thriller”? When it’s written by Steve F. Freeman, author of over 15 novels, and every one of them, just like The Extraction, grips readers from page one and doesn’t let them go till the last page. Even then, you won’t just put this book down and pick up something else to read. You will find yourself comparing The Extraction to others you’ve read, marv -
Blog postWHAT DO WRITERS MOST NEED? A DEEPLY PERSONAL, EMOTIONAL ANCHOR
Podcast #22 from the series based on the book, “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’ , by Viga Boland
So what do writers most need? Is it all those books you keep buying about how to write or all those courses you keep taking? How many books about writing do you own? I must have 20 or more. But I think I can throw most of them away after reading what I did this morning. All I or y -
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Blog postWHAT DOES GOD THINK? BY CHERYL B. EVANS
Vianvi Podcast Book Review #22 0F 2017 by Viga Boland, author and book reviewer
When a non-fiction book soars to the top of Amazon charts within a few days of being published, you can’t help but ask “why”? Is it all about the marketing? Or is it, in fact, that when the topic of a book raises so many questions for which the answers are varied and controversial, intelligent readers want to learn as much as they can abo -
Blog postMEMOIR WRITING IS ABOUT CHANNELING YOUR CONFLICT
an article by Tana Bevan, Podcast by Viga Boland, excerpted from the book,
“Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’
Speak to me, oh Muse of writing,
For certain you are there,
(though occupied with others),
perhaps you’ve time to spare?
If you find yourself wanting to limit conflict at all costs — in your life or writing — you’ll wind up limiting your potential, -
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Blog postSTRAWBERRY & CRACKER: Twins with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Story by Barbara Studham; Illustrated by Heather Lamb
A Vianvi Podcast Book Review by Viga Boland
Hello there and welcome back to VIANVI book reviews with author and book reviewer, Viga Boland. Today I have an absolutely wonderful and very special book for you, but before I tell you about this book, I would like to tell you a little bit about the person behind the book.
Her name is Ba -
Blog postTHE DIG by STEVE FREEMAN
VIANVI PODCAST BOOK REVIEW #21 of 2017 by Viga Boland, author and book reviewer
VISIT STEVE FREEMAN’S WEBSITE If you’ve ever fancied being part of an archeological dig but know that reality is not in your future, you will very much enjoy getting stuck into Steve Freeman’s 9th book in the Blackwell Files series: Alton Blackwell is back with his partner, Mallory and their team as they dig into clues for who did what in his latest thriller, “The Dig -
Blog postHOW SHOULD YOU WRITE YOUR MEMOIR? LIKE AN EDITOR WOULD!
by Rachelle Gardner
Memoirabilia podcast #20 of the series on How to Write Memoir
based on the book, “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’
©Viga Boland, author and book reviewer
Photo by Sabri Tuzcu on Unsplash
So you’ve written the last words of your memoir, put it away for 6 weeks, taken it back out, chopped out paragraphs, scenes, done spell & grammar checks, -
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Blog postREWORK YOUR MEMOIR TO GET MORE SHOW & LESS TELL
by Denis Ledoux of THE MEMOIR NETWORK
Memoirabilia podcast #19 of the series on How to Write Memoir
based on the book, “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’
©Viga Boland, author and book reviewer
Photo by Tom Pumford on Unsplash
There are ways to rework your stories so that you can minimize “telling” and maximize “showing.” The biggest “telling” offense is&nbs -
Blog postPET & OTHER PRODUCTS from TIBER RIVER NATURALS
Vianvi Product Podcast featuring products from TIBER RIVER NATURALS for your PETS and PERSONAL USE
Hi there. Viga Boland back here again on Vianvi Product Review Podcasts to tell you a bit more about the products I’ve been using from Tiber River since I joined them a month ago. If I were to use one word to describe everything I’ve tried so far, it would be “impressed”.
While I can’t say, with honesty, that I love every -
Blog postA DOG CALLED HOPE
A Wounded Warrior and the Service Dog Who Saved Him
by Jason Morgan, Damien Lewis
Vianvi Podcast Book Review#20 of 2017 by
Viga Boland
BOOK COVER: A DOG CALLED HOPE All who have ever loved a dog and lost him/her, whether through death or otherwise, will find A Dog Called Hope, by Jason Morgan and Damien Lewis, bringing them to tears. This is a true story, in as far as Jason Morgan is able to remember the exact details of h -
Blog postFIVE WAYS TO WRITE A MEMOIR WITHOUT BEING DISOWNED
Memoirabilia podcast #18 of the series on How to Write Memoir
based on the book, “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’
©Viga Boland, author and book reviewer
By Linda Robinson Brendle
Anaiah Press published my memoir, A Long and Winding Road: A Caregiver’s Tale of Life, Love, and Chaos, on July 1, 2014. As the release day drew near, they posted the first chapter on their bl -
Blog postTRAFFICKED by Peg Brantley
a Vianvi Podcast Book Review by Viga Boland, author & book reviewer
One of the joys of being a book reviewer is suddenly discovering a brilliantly, talented author like Peg Brantley. Brantley is a crime fiction writer with three previous books to her credit. If Trafficked is any indication of the kind of writing one can expect in those other books, you’ll be wanting to check them out as soon as your heart and head calm down after you finish Traff -
Blog postTIBER RIVER NATURALS
Hello and welcome back to Vianvi Podcasts with Viga Boland. If you’re joining me for the first time, up until now I’ve focussed on reviewing books and products like those from Epicure and Rodan+Fields Skin Care and shared some information on following a Keto-style way of eating. But today, in the first of my WEBSITE reviews, I’d like to introduce you to TIBER RIVER NATURALS, a Canadian company whose focus is on natural, environmentally-friendly products for body, -
Blog postFREEFALL WRITING by Barbara Turner Vesselago
(reprinted on this website and in the book, “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’
with permission of Barbara Turner Vesselago, author of “Writing without a Parachute”
Memoirabilia podcast #17 of the series on How to Write Memoir
based on the book, “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’
©Viga Boland, author and book reviewer
With today’s podcast we move into the second section -
Blog postSEVEN REASONS FOR WRITING A MORE PERSONAL MEMOIR
(reprinted on this website and in the book, “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’
with permission of Denis LeDoux of The Memoir Network.
Part 2 of #16 in the Memoirabilia podcast series on How to Write Memoir
based on the book, “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’
©Viga Boland, author and book reviewer
You must not resist writing a more personal memoir. You -
Blog postYOUR MEMOIR: A SELFIE IN WORDS
Part 1 of #16 in the Memoirabilia podcast series on How to Write Memoir
based on the book, “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’
©Viga Boland, author and book reviewer
At the beginning of “Don’t Write Your MEmoir without ME’ and here and there throughout the book, I indicated my belief that your memoir is a “selfie in words”.
As much as I dislike that popular social media practice of posting “selfie
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