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catnav-interviews-active-3Post #100 – Memoir Writing – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

What To Do When You Discover More of Your Story

Writing a memoir is a time-consuming and emotionally-draining experience. But rather than using those two points to put off writing, we’d like to explore them today in our conversation with Linda Joy Myers, founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers and author of Don’t Call Me Mother: A Daughter’s Journey from Abandonment to Forgiveness.

Acknowledging your story and writing about it is a healing process. Even sharing that story with others in a published memoir can be healing. But what’s next when you have to finally acknowledge that there are hidden parts of the story — probably hidden even from you — that finally surface?

Meet Linda Joy Myers as She Shares the What and Why Behind the Additional Truths Now Told in the Second Edition of Her Memoir

Linda Joy answers questions about the deeper truth that she needed to discover and confront. And she also addresses questions about multiple memoirs versus a second edition of a memoir.

It’s Mother’s Day and Here’s Our Gift

Kendra and I have a special gift for you — it’s our Mother’s Day present. Want to know more? Just CLICK HERE.

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5 Reasons to Persevere in Writing and Publishing your Memoir or Novel

by Pamela Jane BellApril 9, 2013
5 Reasons to Persevere in Writing and Publishing your Memoir or Novel

Pamela Jane Bell shares her top 5 reasons to persevere in writing your memoir or novel. Find out where she learned these valuable lessons!

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Collective Memoir: Suzanne Sherman Talks about 100 Years in the Life of an American Girl, Part 2

by Matilda ButlerApril 1, 2013
Collective Memoir: Suzanne Sherman Talks about 100 Years in the Life of an American Girl, Part 2

Post #98 – Memoir Writing – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler
Note from Women’s Memoirs: At the end of Suzanne Sherman’s insightful article, she tells you how you can learn about being included in one of her upcoming books. So after you read about her soon-to-be-released book, consider your stories that might be appropriate for her [...]

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Memoir and Cooking: Judith Newton’s New Memoir

by Matilda ButlerMarch 25, 2013
Memoir and Cooking: Judith Newton’s New Memoir

Women’s Memoirs interviews memoir author Judith Newton about her new book Tasting Home: Coming of Age in the Kitchen

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What Does It Take to Move Your Memoir into the Mainstream? Memoirist Judy Mandel Shares Her Experience.

by Kendra BonnettMarch 20, 2013
What Does It Take to Move Your Memoir into the Mainstream? Memoirist Judy Mandel Shares Her Experience.

Judy Mandel, author of the Replacement Child, was gracious to sit down for an interview about the publishing and marketing of her memoir. Judy has been successful in moving her self-published memoir into the mainstream by selling it to Seal Press. Watch the video and get a special opportunity to get access to a second interview where Judy talks about your marketing strategy and tactics…when you purchase Writing Alchemy at the special discounted price (5 days only).

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Memoir Memories Collected: Suzanne Sherman Talks about Women’s Lives

by Matilda ButlerMarch 14, 2013
Memoir Memories Collected: Suzanne Sherman Talks about Women’s Lives

Suzanne Sherman shares how her collective memoir came together from the stories of many women.

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Five Tips for Organic Organizing: Setting the Stage for Writing Your Memoir

by Pamela Jane BellMarch 3, 2013
Five Tips for Organic Organizing: Setting the Stage for Writing Your Memoir

Want to get your files, thoughts, and scraps of paper organized for your memoir writing? Pamela Jane Bell has 5 great memoir organizing tips to share with you.

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