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Wayne Groner

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I can answer questions on just about anything regarding writing and researching biographies, memoirs, corporate histories, and family histories including handling sensitive issues, interviewing, editing, self-publishing, and setting up a business as a memoir writer.

Experience in the area

I have more than twenty-five years of experience as a radio and television news reporter, author, freelance writer, and workshop presenter. I present a free monthly class, "Writing Your Life Story." I'm a member of two speakers bureaus: Missouri Writers' Guild and Missouri Center for the Book. I have had three books published and I'm writing a fourth. My articles and book reviews on a variety of topics have been published in national magazines and on the Web. I was a senior-level college administrator for twenty-seven years, including nine years as a vice president, during which I wrote newsletters, brochures, magazine articles, and published and edited an alumni magazine.

Organizations

Missouri Center for the Book, Missouri Writers' Guild, Springfield Writers' Guild, Greene County Historical Society, Christian County Historical Society.

Publications

Books: Dumb Luck or Divine Guidance, The Pastor's Guide to Fund-raising Success, Levell-Drew Family History. National magazines including CASE Currents, Congregations, Ozarks Mountaineer, Your Community Hospice, Power and Light series of Sunday-school curriculum for adult learners.

Education/Credentials

Graceland College

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

"It is not enough that we write to be understood. We must write so we cannot possibly be misunderstood." Robert Louis Stevenson.

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  • Knowledgeability 10.00
  • Clarity of Response 10.00
  • Politeness 10.00
  • Response Time(hr) 17.2
  • Response Time(hr, last 90 days) 65.0
  • Number of Questions Today 0
  • Max Questions to be Asked in a Day 5
  • Total Questions (since joining AllExperts) 19
  • Volunteer Since 2010-08-22
  • Prestige Points 310

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Recent Answers from Wayne Groner

2012-02-20 Slash Autobiography:

Thanks for your question, Sydney.    I don't have experience estimating the value of rare or signed books. Try typing into your browser's search field the words rare books and lots of sites will come up

2011-12-03 use of foreign dialect:

Thanks for your question, Timothy.    It would fine to use "singlish" in your memoir. At the front of the book, perhaps in your introduction, you could explain what you have done. Then, from time to time

2011-11-04 Dialogue:

Thanks for your thoughts, Timothy.    It is not possible to recall word-for-word conversations we try to remember, even conversations that occurred yesterday. We just do our best to be truthful to the

2011-09-19 finding inner voice:

Thanks for your inquiry, Timothy.    Sometimes thoughts come to writers easily and sometimes hard. Your inner voice is just a important to your writing as are your conscious efforts to form words, phrases

2011-08-15 memoir:

Thanks for your question, Timothy.    Yes, it is possible. A memoir covers a specific period of time with a theme, such as early childhood, teenage years, business life, and so forth. The amount of time

 

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