Post #45 – Women’s Memoirs, Author Conversations – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler
Today we present the fifth day of our Linda Joy Myers week and the fourth part of our conversation with her. We hope you got to read her touching story of Aunt Edith’s Lemon Meringue Pie that we published yesterday as a KitchenScrap vignette in our ScrapMoir series. I can still smell the tangy-sweet scent hanging in the air.
Personal essay versus memoir
Today, we’re back for the next question and answer from our interview with Linda Joy. This question comes from Tanya who raises the interesting issue of differences between personal essay and memoir. Listen to the audio below as Linda Joy sheds light on this point. We invite your ideas of personal essay and memoir in the Comments section below.
In our three previous audios, Linda Joy has talked about:
— writing the dark stories
— writing our adult-shame stories
— organizing your memoir
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Have you ever struggled to stay motivated with your memoir writing? Do you sometimes feel that the story you are writing is so heavy that you just can’t keep going? Most writers I know run into a brick wall somewhere along the writing path, myself included. Join us tomorrow when this question is posed by Katherine and Linda Joy discusses finding ways to stay motivated.
We recommend Linda Joy Myers new book, The Power of Memoir. If you missed her memoir, Don’t Call Me Mother, we’re sure you’ll find it of interest.
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