Linda Joy Myers

Last week I started a series of brief interviews with memoir authors that I’m calling Memoir Moments. Over the coming year, I’ll pose questions to these amazing women. For now, I’m asking them to share their insights on effective ways to start a memoir. 

Here’s Your Memoir Moment #1 with Linda Joy Myers, author of Don’t Call Me Mother: Breaking the Cycle of Mother-Daughter Abandonment. Hope you enjoy her words of wisdom on getting started. I was struck by the beauty of her first paragraphs when she read them during the interview. I think hearing her will inspire you.

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Until next time…

Want to hear advice about writing your memoir from successful memoir authors?

This fall’s East of Eden Writers Conference, held in Salinas, CA, John Steinbeck’s home, was a big success. I was fortunate to serve as the moderator for the Night Owl Memoir Panel. You got that right. We started at 9PM after two long days of sessions and workshops. However, there was great enthusiasm for our topic and we had a wonderful audience. I hope that the questions I asked and those asked by the audience will help you on your writing writing path.

Because the panel lasted about 1 1/2 hours, I’ve edited the audio file into several parts — each around 15 minutes. I post them all in the coming weeks. In this first segment, you will hear the introduction of the panelists — Linda Joy Myers, Phyllis Matson, Maralys Wills, Kendra Bonnett, and Betty Auchard — as well as responses to the first two questions posed.

I’ll share photos of the panels at the same time that I ask them a question.

Maralys Wills answered the first question: What was the most difficult part of writing your memoir and how did you overcome it?

Linda Joy Myers responds to the question: It is said that the process of writing a memoir changes the author. In what ways was this true for you?

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