How To Write Your Memoirs BY JOHNNY RAY

Oct. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- PRESS RELEASE
October 22, 2010
Launch of Johnny Ray's latest book
HOW TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIRS
http://www.sirjohn.org/MEMOIRSS.html



Johnny Ray’s newest book is HOW TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIRS and is available online at http://www.sirjohn.org/MEMOIRSS.html As a brief overview the book covers the following points.
   
1) An introduction to what is a memoir
2) How to get started
3) How to recall the memories that make up the pages of your life
4) Determining the main turning points in your life
5) How to stay focused on the main story
6) Deciding which characters to include or exclude
7) Doing research and fact checking
8) Determining the author's voice and point of view
9) Determining if the book should be factual or fiction
10) Determining the driving purpose behind writing the memoir
11) Determining who the  intended reader is
12) Determining how open the author wishes to be
13) Showing versus telling
14) How to polish the memoir
15) How to find an agent or publisher
16) Other methods of getting published
17) How to hire a ghostwriter
18) A list of questions a ghostwriter will usually ask   
                                                   

       This guide and workbook will lead you through the steps to create your own memoir. A ghostwriter can cost you as much as $500 for even a short story type memoir to over $100,000 for a full length memoir. The consulting fee alone can run to as much as $500 per hour.

    This guide will save you money as it shows you how to develop and write your own memoir. if you decide you do need to hire a ghostwriter later the instructions enclosed in the guide and workbook should decrease the cost of hiring a ghostwriter by lowering the amount of time the ghostwriter has to spend in developing the story, saving you thousands of dollars.       

    Johnny has a passion, a thirst, for life and adventure that he loves to share with his readers. As an avid traveler and professional businessman conducting business worldwide for years he has made many interesting contacts and received numerous awards for top production. He has owned and operated several real estate companies, several insurance companies and a stock brokerage company. His name is well known in the real estate world where he is listed in the who’s who of international real estate professionals. As the previous head of several corporations he is accustomed to appearing on radio and TV talk shows as well as speaking in front of various audiences. To schedule him for an appearance contact him by e-mail at sirjohn@wwisp.com

    He is a graduate of Auburn University with post graduate work at the Birmingham School of Law, The University of Alabama, The University of Tennessee, UCLA, New York University, Wil-Var Institute and The American College. He has received the following certifications: Certified International Property Specialist, Certified Residential Specialist, Certified Managerial Accountant, Certified Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant. When it comes time to play, he is very active in many sports including swimming tennis, biking, and skiing. He loves adventures that are new, interesting and challenging.
    He belongs to the Florida Writer Association where he recently won the Royal Palm Literary Award for best thriller in 2008, the Romantic Writers of America, the Mystery Writers of America, and can be found attending various national writer conventions throughout the year as well as supporting several local writing groups in the St. Petersburg, Florida area.
Johnny Ray can be reached at sirjohn@wwisp.com

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Johnny Ray is an award winning novelist and professional blogger with a large following worldwide. He welcomes request as a speaker and request to appear on radio and TV shows.