From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Jessica Bram Shares Her Thoughts about Memoir Writing

by Matilda Butler on June 29, 2009

Post #21 – Women’s Memoirs, Author Conversations – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

Come join us as we talk with Jessica Bram, author of the newly published memoir Happily Ever After Divorce: Notes of a Joyful Journey. Listen in as Jessica shares the description of the beginning of her writing life [...when I was seven years old I made a little desk out of cardboard and ...], discusses the importance of rewriting and rewriting, explains the use of a writing/critique group [there's a difference between constructive and positive...], tells us what to do with our tangents, and much more. [click to continue…]

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Book Review of Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry & Music

by Kendra BonnettJune 17, 2009

With the Sightlines memoir audiobook, Janet Grace Riehl has given us more than a heartfelt family chronicle. She breaks barriers for the memoir genre that should get every memoirist thinking. The writer in me is inspired to create something unique for my family. Listen to her fascinating audiobook to get your creative muse speaking.

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Author and Guest Blogger Jessica Bram Makes Editing About More than Grammar

by Kendra BonnettJune 16, 2009

Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler are pleased to post a guest blog on Women’s Memoirs. Author and memoirist Jessica Bram (Happily Ever After Divorce: Notes of a Joyful Journey) provides excellent insight into getting one’s inner thoughts and true feelings into one’s writing without hurting or embarrassing family and friends. Consider this your invitation to join us for an Author Conversation with Jessica on June 25th.

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Author Conversation with Janet Grace Riehl

by Matilda ButlerJune 15, 2009

Author Janet Grace Riehl shares her experiences in creating an enhanced audio version of her memoir Sightlines. The CD set includes story poems as well as the music of her family.

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Book Review – Sixtyfive Roses: A Sister’s Memoir

by Matilda ButlerJune 4, 2009

Book Raves – Heather Summerhayes Cariou’s memoir Sixtyfive Roses shows the refined craft of memoir writing. There are lessons on every page about how to express your story. This is a real treasure that belongs in your collection of memoirs to read and to study.

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