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The Big 5 – Telling Your Story of Faith
Fact: Your descendants will treasure your personal family stories long after you have left this earth. Have you ever told your children how your faith in God or another higher power began and developed throughout your life? Even if you have had these conversations, you need to capture that story in print, audio or video so that it can be curated for all of your descendants. Here are some ideas on how to tell your stories of faith so that they won’t get lost to fading memories.
The Big 5 – An Easy Way to Get Started Telling Family Stories
I’m on a mission to help as many families make sure that they have at least a few of their family stories curated. At the heart of that mission is trying to remove any obstacles and hindrances that are holding you back.
Keeping Important Remembrance Stories Alive
I’m remembering the events of 9/11/2001 today (I wrote this on 9/11/2024) and thinking about how so many of us have those “I remember exactly what I was doing when I found out” stories about that horrible day. I’m thinking that it might be important to the future...
Family Stories About Cake, Melting Ice Cream, Balloons Plus Friends
As you consider which stories from your childhood deserve you taking the time and effort to write or record for your family, think about this. What you believe to be ordinary, boring events might just make the most delightful stories for your children, grandchildren...
Build An Ebook – Step Nine
CREATE A COVER – In the final stages of building an ebook, you’ll have been immersed in your content for a while now. You’ll know not only what’s in your book but also know why you want someone to read it. Now in Step 9 of the Build An Ebook system it’s time to Create a Cover. The cover will be your book’s public face and also serve as an invitation to read what’s inside. In this step we’ll take a closer look at how to create a great book cover.
Build An Ebook – Step Eight
CREATE A TABLE OF CONTENTS – We’re in the final stages of building an ebook and at this point your content is written, some visual elements have been chosen and all of it is placed into your chosen layout and design. Look at you! That’s a real accomplishment. Let’s look now at Step 8 – Table of Contents. Guiding your reader through your ebook should be a top priority and a Table of Contents can help with that.