  To write a memoir The job may not begin tomorrow, but thats when my travel happens. I depart from San Diego Intl airport at 11:45am on Delta, flight 730 to Atlanta where I change planes to flight 798 to Indianapolis . Ive been commissioned to write BJs memoir, Amys grandma, who I used to spend time with as a kid when she shared in the burden of driving us to various practices in her blue Buick Skylark. Over the years, Ive heard bits and pieces of her stories, but nothing like this. Ive done my research. Well, what research I can do from this point in time and place. Ive compiled an extensive list of general questions that Im confident will help flesh out the details. More than anything, this involves active listening. I dont want to over-prepare in fear that my preconceived biases may derail the process from what it is and force it into what I expect.
No, Ive never done anything like this before. But I have been writing my own memoirs for ten years now. Wow, in August it will have been ten years. Somehow out of all of that, I feel confident that I will do justice to this womans life. And from what Ive heard so far, hers is a story worthy of documentation. And yes, I have some thoughts about how to structure it.
And making a consorted effort to think positive in contrast to what I write about myself. This isnt about confession and penance as it is with my writing. This is a celebration of a life in progress. I want to create a book that inspires admiration. And a book it will be. I did research into how much it would cost to self-publish the document. For 50 copies of a 50 page book, 6x9 in size, will only cost 350 bucks or so. I intend to write this for publication, no matter what scale it may be on. If Im entrepreneurial enough, Ill continue along this thread. If I prove to myself that I can do it properly, with flair. Theres a lot of responsibility in being the author of someones life story. 
