Post #210 – PTSD, Triggers – Memoir
When I was fifty-eight, sixteen years after Tropical Spastic Paraparesis paralyzed my legs,
Post #206 – Tragedy – Memoir
Chapter 4 Tragedy
Post #1 ~ The Day I Stopped Dancing – Memoir
Originally posted on Nancy Jean Walker – Loving Life Fully :
. I was four years old when Mom enrolled into dance classes. I studied ballet, jazz and tap. I had big dreams of dancing in the movies like Shirley Temple. Even though my life took some horrific twists, I…
Post #101 – Dozens of Literary Agent Rejections & A Glimmer of Hope
After months of submissions to literary agents and after dozens of various types of rejections, I’m on the second level cusp of possibly landing a deal. But the publishing business is subjective; so are agents. As I gather the materials I need to send to this agency, I […]
Post #96 – Chapter 5 – Cast Down – A Memoir Excerpt
John’s mistreatment escalated. One February afternoon, when I was twelve, he drove me to his house. He gripped my wrist, nonchalantly strolled into his mother’s kitchen, and introduced me as his girlfriend. She examined me head to toe, curled her lips, and then busied herself stirring a pot […]
Post #93 – Blizzards, Transitions, Clever Son – Memoir
November 1992 – Transitions – two months after a life-changing diagnosis:
Post #89 – Good Girl and Devil Boy – An Excerpt from My Memoir
Captive in the Mirror by Nancy J. Walker with Peter Lundell We were Catholic, and confirmation classes had begun the October just before Aunt Loretta broke my heart. Oblivious to my ongoing depression, Mom wouldn’t let me quit. I was neither interested in the teaching, nor did I […]
