Memoir Book Review: When Women First Wore Army Shoes by Ethel A. Starbird

by Matilda ButlerOctober 27, 2010
Memoir Book Review: When Women First Wore Army Shoes by Ethel A. StarbirdMemoir Book Review: When Women First Wore Army Shoes by Ethel A. Starbird

Post #65 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Raves – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler Today’s book review is a look at both a memoir and a Rosie the Riveter, military style. Victoria Selfridge contacted me about a family memoir, When Women First Wore Army Shoes. Her aunt, Ethel A. Starbird served as a member of the […]

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Memoir-Writing-Prompt Video: Postcards from Hawaii #2

by Matilda ButlerOctober 26, 2010
Memoir-Writing-Prompt Video: Postcards from Hawaii #2

A second memoir writing prompt in our video series — Postcards from Hawaii. This short video will give you a new way to write about yourself and others. Be sure to check out this memoir writing tip.

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Lists for Writers: 10 Tips for Blogging Your Memoir or Any Book

by Kendra BonnettOctober 24, 2010
Lists for Writers: 10 Tips for Blogging Your Memoir or Any Book

Lists for Writers looks at blogging this week. Blogging is the best way we know to build a following of readers for your books. And you’ll get more attention from agents and publishers if you have a strong blog.

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Journal Writing Sense: Snapshots as Writing Prompts

by Amber Lea StarfireOctober 23, 2010
Journal Writing Sense: Snapshots as Writing Prompts

In my last post, I wrote about using art and photography to inspire journal writing. For a completely different reason, snapshots also serve well as prompts for your journal and memoir writing. The prompts will vary, depending upon the subject of your picture. Pictures of people will trigger different memories and feelings than of events and, say, pictures of nature.

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Last Chance to Enter: Memoir Contest Ends October 31

by Matilda ButlerOctober 22, 2010
Last Chance to Enter: Memoir Contest Ends October 31

News Flash: Memoir writing contest ends October 31. Be sure to enter with your favorite holiday story (any holiday) and associated recipe.

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Call for Stories Expressing the Legacy of Mother-to-Daughter Wisdom

by Kendra BonnettOctober 22, 2010
Call for Stories Expressing the Legacy of Mother-to-Daughter Wisdom

Do you have a story about your mother…one that bespeaks of her wisdom, insight or your experience, reflection and realization? Then Wisdom Has a Voice is calling for your stories for an upcoming anthology.

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ScrapMoir How To #21: Recognizing Your Life’s Teachers in Scrapbooks and Memoirs, Part 1

by Bettyann SchmidtOctober 21, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #21: Recognizing Your Life’s Teachers in Scrapbooks and Memoirs, Part 1

Bettyann Schmidt returns with a scrapbooking how to that helps you document your life teachers — the ones who gave you just what you needed to learn in order to move on in life.

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