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catnav-scrapmoir-active-3Post #28 – Women’s Memoirs, ScrapMoir – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett

By Bettyann Schmidt

Each time I told my story, I lost a bit, the smallest drop of pain….I knew I wanted to tell the story of my family. Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained

I’m quoting from my current read: The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold. When I read this on the page, I realized the profundity of the statement. Life on this earth is not happiness and sunshine every day, and must we to treat it as such? In my scrapbook stories, I’ve tried to tell the truth, included the bad as well as the good, but it didn’t come easy. [click to continue…]

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Guest Blog and Writing Prompt by Jid Lee on Family and Reconciling the Past

by Kendra BonnettJanuary 11, 2010
Guest Blog and Writing Prompt by Jid Lee on Family and Reconciling the Past

In preparation for reading memoirist Jid Lee’s story of self, family and country–To Kill A Tiger: A Memoir of Korea–Women’s Memoirs invited Ms. Lee to write a guest blog and share some of her insight with our readers. Women’s Memoirs will interview Lee on Thursday. The interview will be posted on our site next Monday.

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Memoir Book Review: Love Sick, One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction by Sue William Silverman

by Matilda ButlerDecember 16, 2009
Memoir Book Review: Love Sick, One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction by Sue William Silverman

Book Rave by Karen Walker who reviews Sue William Silverman’s second memoir, Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction and tells us how we can learn more about the craft of memoir writing — especially creating memorable scenes — by reading this book.

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Memoir Book Review: Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You by Sue William Silverman

by Matilda ButlerDecember 9, 2009
Memoir Book Review: Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You by Sue William Silverman

Book Rave by Karen Walker is the first of two reviews of memoirs by Sue William Silverman. Karen discusses both the book — Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You — and what a memoir writer might learn from reading it.

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Author Conversation with Susan Wittig Albert

by Matilda ButlerNovember 8, 2009
Author Conversation with Susan Wittig Albert

Author Conversation with Susan Wittig Albert. Join us for a fascinating interview with bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert as she shares her thoughts and insights of crafting a memoir. Susan’s new memoir Together, Alone makes extensive use of the journals she has kept since 1966 and she discusses the value of keeping a journal.

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Author Conversation with Memoir Writer Sue William Silverman Emphasizes Tenacity

by Matilda ButlerOctober 26, 2009
Author Conversation with Memoir Writer Sue William Silverman Emphasizes Tenacity

Sue William Silverman shared her experiences that helped her grow as a writer, talked about how to overcome problems as a writer, discussed a technique for recalling early memories, highlighted her use of the five senses, and much more. Listen to an audio of our interview with Sue.

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