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... American Chronicle: Slide Shows of Time - A Past Not Forgotten Home Tuesday, April 24, 2007 News World National State News Politics Business Technology Industry Science Medicine Sports Education Entertainment Weather Opinion Latest Articles View Topics View Authors Features Latest Articles View Topics View Authors Community Town Hall CityBlogs Join Our List Other Sections Affiliates Advertise Video Slide Shows of Time - A Past Not Forgotten Jamieson Villeneuve April 24, 2007 Lately, I’ve been writing a memoir for The Friday Project based on a blog I maintain called One Step at a Time.

Having never written a memoir before, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I began.

After writing thirty pages I realized that I was in for more than I had bargained for.

I’ve always immersed myself in the land of fiction where I could make up my own worlds and be as free as I wish.

I find the land of non-fiction binding and somewhat uncomfortable.

While my blog is about living with I grew up in an abusive home and debated about whether or not to leave all of that out of the memoir.

But after careful reasoning I realized that I couldn't.

That bit of my past is as much a part of who I am as the I can't tell one without the other.

Thus far it's been gruelling work.

The more I write, the more I have been remembering.

There's stuff coming back t...

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