fictionalized autobiography Archives

Finished Scrivener Tutorial!
Finished Scrivener Tutorial!

Bipolar Disorder, Dementia, Family, Mental Health, Stroke, Writing

Finished Scrivener Tutorial!

October 2015, I last modified the import of my blog into Scrivener thinking I'd massage my writing into a book. The next month, my mother had a stroke. Never got back to the [...]

Kitt O'Malley2017-09-14T15:09:18-07:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Dementia, Family, Mental Health, Stroke, Writing|Tags: autobiography, fictionalized autobiography, Scrivener, writing software|16 Comments

Barely Fiction: Kate.2
Barely Fiction: Kate.2

Family, Writing

Barely Fiction: Kate.2

Brandan, Jamie and Kate in Dhahran. Kate, always the performer. In the early 60s on a pleasant August morning in San Francisco, Kate entered this world as the first daughter of [...]

Kitt O'Malley2017-09-09T10:00:28-07:00September 9th, 2017|Categories: Family, Writing|Tags: autobiography, cross-culture kid, fiction, fictionalized autobiography, Memoir, third culture kid, third culture kid adult, third person self-talk|15 Comments

Barely Fiction: Kate.1
Barely Fiction: Kate.1

Bipolar Disorder, Flash Fiction, Mental Illness, Poetry, Writing

Barely Fiction: Kate.1

Her true and legal name is Kitt Kathleen O’Malley. She loves her name and is grateful her parents came up with it -- a great stage name if there ever was one. Her [...]

Kitt O'Malley2017-09-03T13:43:49-07:00September 3rd, 2017|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Flash Fiction, Mental Illness, Poetry, Writing|Tags: autobiography, cognitive control, fiction, fictionalized autobiography, self-talk, third person self-talk|17 Comments

Yesterday this "story" of mine was published on Stigmama.com at FICTION SERIES: So Easily Broken, Kitt O’Malley | Stigmama. Clearly, it is fictionalized autobiography. I simply wrote what surrounded me in third person. FICTION [...]