Episode 102: Please Baba, A Story with Cherie Monlezun

 How a book comes about. What inspires a book to be written is just as important as the writing of the book itself.  In this episode Lui and Des interview Cherie Monlezun to find out what inspired future guest Charlie Monlezun to write his book Becoming Charlie. 

Chapters

• 0:00 A Blurb From Des
• 0:27 Fresh Ink Theme
• 0:53 Welcome to Fresh Ink
• 1:37 Introduction of Cherie Monlezun
• 2:25 Interview Begins
• 2:56 To Be A Southern Girl in the Boston North
• 3:49 To Be Young and Three in Lake Arthur, Louisiana
• 6:07 Papa Charlie's Flight in the Blizzard of 78
• 7:15 Psychology + John Denver = Denver, Colorado
• 9:11 This Ain't No Memoir
• 11:19 Future Grandchild + Determined Daughter = A Writing Charlie
• 11:54 Come Back Here You're Not Done Yet
• 12:37 Going From Oral to Written
• 13:23 Because Extraordinary Can Come From Ordinary
• 13:50 Evolution of Purpose, Evolution of Writing
• 16:08 Title Evolution
• 19:47 Venn Diagrams of Being & Becoming
• 22:41 How Writing Prevents Tragic Losses
• 27:10 Closing Comments
• 30:39 Fresh Ink End Theme