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Memoir Writing Prompt: Make Gratitude Part of Your Legacy

by Kendra Bonnett on December 17, 2010

Writing Prompt LogoPost #68 – Women’s Memoirs, Writing Prompt – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

Women's-memoir-writing-snowChristmas is a week from tomorrow. It’s snowing here in Maine. Women's memoir writing fireI have a roaring fire going and I’m curled up in front of it with my laptop, a cup of lemon-ginger tea and Mannheim Steamroller holiday music playing. And all three cats are sleeping peacefully. For those of you thinking, well of course it’s snowing…it’s Maine: I just want you to know that it was 53 earlier this week, when it was 27 in Texas. I was gloating…so naturally it’s been snowing ever since. [click to continue…]

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Memoir Contest Winner, Honorable Mention for Smoked Snickerdoodles by Deanne Watson

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 30, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner, Honorable Mention for Smoked Snickerdoodles by Deanne Watson

A charming award-winning story comes to us from Deanne Watson in South Africa where she recalls his Mum, boarding school life, and her favorite snickerdoodles — eaten even when smoked. Be sure to try her treasured family recipe for snickerdoodles.

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April Memoir Contest Winners Announced; First Place Story Published

by Matilda ButlerMay 13, 2010
April Memoir Contest Winners Announced; First Place Story Published

April Memoir Contest winners are announced — first place winner and 6 honorable mentions. We also include the winning entry. Be sure to read it and try her recipe. This is a well-written story that we are honored to have received. The honorable mention stories will be published beginning in July. Congratulations to everyone. To those who did not win, and to those who did not enter, please keep writing and consider submitting again in future contests.

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ScrapMoir How To #12: Words for Memoirs and Scrapbooking

by Bettyann SchmidtApril 15, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #12: Words for Memoirs and Scrapbooking

Guest blogger Bettyann Schmidt returns with great advice on capturing and using the beloved phrases and words of family members and friends. She even keeps a word box so she won’t forget the special ones that bring not only joy and remembrances, but also capture part of the essence of the person.

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KitchenScraps: The Scents of Oklahoma Rain by Matilda Butler

by Matilda ButlerJanuary 21, 2010
KitchenScraps: The Scents of Oklahoma Rain by Matilda Butler

KitchenScraps: Matilda

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ScrapMoir How To #5: Life in Ordinary Time

by Matilda ButlerDecember 31, 2009
ScrapMoir How To #5: Life in Ordinary Time

ScrapMoir: Guest Blogger Bettyann Schmidt shares scrapbooking and memoir vignette writing tips centered around the theme of ordinary moments in our lives. She helps us know how to think about, write about, and scrapbook these otherwise passed over times.

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