From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Book Review — Walking Nature Home: A Life’s Journey

by Matilda Butler on April 29, 2009

Post #8 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Raves – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett


Award-winning author Susan Tweit’s memoir is a treasure trove of insights to help us personally in our own lives as well as to help us as we write our memoirs. In her book, Susan makes a statement that we can probably all relate to. She writes, “I’m gender female and we tend to everyone else before tending to ourselves.” [click to continue…]

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Bestselling Author Donna VanLiere Answers Your Questions

by Matilda ButlerApril 20, 2009
Bestselling Author Donna VanLiere Answers Your Questions

Bestselling author Donna VanLiere talks with Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett about her newly published memoir, Finding Grace. Donna answers your questions in this teleseminar. You’ll get many pointers and good suggestions for moving forward with your memoir.

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Memoirist Susan Tweit Speaks

by Matilda ButlerApril 11, 2009
Memoirist Susan Tweit Speaks

Women’s Memoir Author Conversations, hosted by Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett, interviews Susan Tweit about her newly published memoir, Walking Nature Home. Listen in as she speaks about her writing life, her 25 year struggle to tell her personal story, and the ways in which working on a memoir changed her.

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Author Susan Tweit Provides Insights and Writing Prompt

by Matilda ButlerApril 7, 2009
Author Susan Tweit Provides Insights and Writing Prompt

Author Susan Tweit is our next featured Memoir Author teleseminar on Thursday April 9. Read her guest blog and her Writing Prompt to get you writing. Be sure to leave your questions for her in the Comments. You can hear her responses at 5PM (Pacific) / 8PM (East coast) on April 9.

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Memoir Conversations #2: April 3, 2009

by Matilda ButlerApril 4, 2009
Memoir Conversations #2: April 3, 2009

Memoir Conversations #2 examines eight topics from handling traumatic events in your memoir, to truth telling, valuing your own life story, using the five senses, focusing on the theme and message of your memoir, naming names in your memoir, contrasting memoir with autobiography, and publishing basics.

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