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Book Review: Chelsea Handler’s Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea Reviewed by Michelle Rockwell

by Michelle RockwellJune 30, 2010
Book Review: Chelsea Handler’s Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea Reviewed by Michelle Rockwell

Comediennes are an overlooked, yet valuable, resource for writers. They teach us about the art of writing because comics craft every word, every line, every pause and inflection. They have to. It’s the nature of their business. A comic performing on stage has absolutely nothing to hide behind.

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Award-Winning Authors

by Matilda ButlerJune 23, 2010
Award-Winning Authors

A look at two memoir authors, their books, their national book awards, and how it all ties in to the promotion of your book.

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Book Review of Cooking My Way through Life with Kids and Books by Judy Alter

by Matilda ButlerJune 16, 2010
Book Review of Cooking My Way through Life with Kids and Books by Judy Alter

Does cooking bring back memories of your childhood? Or your first marriage? Or your children’s favorites? If so, you’ll thoroughly enjoy Judy Alter’s part-memoir/part-cookbook called Cooking My Way through Life with Kids and Books.

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Book Review: The Dr. Erica Miller Story: From Trauma to Triumph

by Matilda ButlerJune 2, 2010
Book Review: The Dr. Erica Miller Story: From Trauma to Triumph

Memoirs can teach us about memoir writing and Erica Miller’s memoir is no exception. Our review covers her effective opening with its six elements as well as thoughts on memoir versus autobiography.

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Book Review: Mary Karr’s Lit Reviewed by Tracy Kauffman Wood

by Tracy Kauffman WoodMay 26, 2010
Book Review: Mary Karr’s Lit Reviewed by Tracy Kauffman Wood

Tracy Kauffman Wood reviews Mary Karr’s most recent memoir, Lit. Be sure to check out the advice Karr shares with her readers about writing a memoir.

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Book Review: Deborah Rodriquez’s Kabul Beauty School Reviewed by Michelle Rockwell

by Michelle RockwellMay 19, 2010
Book Review: Deborah Rodriquez’s Kabul Beauty School Reviewed by Michelle Rockwell

Stories from Afghanistan greet us on the television news and continue to grab Google and Yahoo News headlines. For most of us, Afghanistan is a country that is remote from us in many respects. Author Deborah Rodriquez brings the stories of women (and men) of Afghanistan into our homes, helping us to see the news in a different light. After you read her memoir, Kabul Beauty School, you’ll begin to view each newscast as the political and military stories that overlay the real stories of the people struggling with their own lives.

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Book Review: Kay Redfield Jamison’s Nothing Was the Same, Reviewed by Lanie Tankard

by Matilda ButlerMay 12, 2010
Book Review: Kay Redfield Jamison’s Nothing Was the Same, Reviewed by Lanie Tankard

Kay Redfield Jamison’s newest memoir, Nothing Was the Same, is reviewed by Lanie Tankard, who shares with us both the strengths of Jamison’s writing skills and her own story. Jamison and Tankard both lost their husbands to lung cancer. In this review of intertwined stories, we see the value of the universal message as others can both relate and gain perspective through what we write.

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