by Jacqx Melilli | Jan 2, 2025 | Articles, True Stories
Admit it. You’ve allowed another year to pass you by and the promise you made to yourself to write your memoir has not seen the light of day. Let me guess what your excuses might be: Who’s going to want to read it? I don’t have time I don’t know where to start I don’t...
by Jacqx Melilli | Jan 2, 2025 | Articles, Research, True Stories
I’m so grateful for librarians who helped me find the sparse information on record on Australian entertainment history for my historical fiction novel, When the Glitter Fades. They have unfathomable knowledge on how to find just about anything in the bottomless...
by Jacqx Melilli | Mar 5, 2022 | True Stories
How to Write and Sell Your Memoir Even if You’re Not Famous is a free online workshop designed to help you get started on writing your memoir. Follow Jacqx Enterprises on Eventbrite for updates on workshop times and dates. Jacqx Melilli, award-winning author, editor...
by kylie@kyliechan.com | Jan 31, 2012 | True Stories
I had a dream last night that I was standing high above the ground on one of those tree-top obstacle courses where you have to make your way across from one place to the other by clutching steel wires and balancing on wobbly steel cables, or flying across on a flying...
by kylie@kyliechan.com | Jan 3, 2011 | True Stories
Why should we bother dreaming big dreams? It seems the older we get the less we dream. Has life beaten us down to the point that we think that dreaming is a waste of time? To me dreaming is a symbol of hope and faith. Dreaming is a vision of the future that keeps us...
by kylie@kyliechan.com | Dec 5, 2010 | True Stories
CONQUERING FEAR Whether you have a fear of heights, or hidden fears, I’ve discovered the ultimate therapy to conquer fears. It’s called the Treetop Challenge. There are multiple locations, but my first experience was at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on the Gold Coast,...
