Museum of the American Military Family & Learning Center

 MAMF Writer in Residence Caroline LeBlanc recently spoke to a group of women Veterans at the Kirtland Air Force Base Women Veterans Appreciation luncheon. Here’s what she had to say:

 

I am very happy to be here with all of you women veterans and to have the honor of speaking to  you today about writing opportunities for women veterans in Albuquerque.

 

Every woman in this room has a story—actually many stories.  Some you tell freely.  Others, you hold close.  Some  you may even put on paper.  In a journal, perhaps.   In letters or family histories.  More self-revealing souls, in another kind of bravery, write for strangers to read.  You may write fiction or non-fiction, prose or poetry, plays, memoirs or blogs—all of the above or something I have not named.  » Read more