autobiography – Miranda Aisling

Idea No. 15: Bernhardt and Bankhead

by MirandaThe Idea Blog December 4, 2012181 comments

My sister and I finally had the idea for the title of our co-written autobiography (yet to happen): Bernhardt and Bankhead. Like most siblings, my sister and I have had a complicated relationship. We went through a lot growing up together, being the only ones there for one another, competing in all sorts of areas, …

Idea No. 6: A Fictional Autobiography

by MirandaThe Idea Blog November 23, 20121 comment

So I had an idea. What if I wrote about my life, but happening to someone else? The character’s name was Naomi Odette Knox and I wrote about 20,000 words of her story before I backed away. I’ve wanted to write about my life ever since I started writing. The way I intertwine myself with …