Memoir Contest Winner, Honorable Mention for Shaking Up Thanksgiving by Susan Nye

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 16, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner, Honorable Mention for Shaking Up Thanksgiving by Susan Nye

Join us for Susan Nye’s award-winning story of family, friends, and traditions — how to make them and how to keep them. Be sure to try her treasured family recipe — Roasted Butternut Squash Soup.

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One Memoir, One Video: Are You My Guru? by Wendy Shanker

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 15, 2010
One Memoir, One Video: Are You My Guru? by Wendy Shanker

Find out how Wendy Shanker’s new memoir. Are You My Guru? provides lessons for memoir writers.

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Keep Writing and Moving Forward: Advice from Annie Dillard

by Kendra BonnettSeptember 14, 2010
Keep Writing and Moving Forward: Advice from Annie Dillard

This week’s Writing in Five video is taken from The Writing Life by Annie Dillard. An essential book for anyone who writes. Whether writing a memoir, novel, essay or poem, Annie Dillard counsels writers to move forward. Progress and the final product are key.

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Memoir Writing News: Two Winners, Writing Contest, Memoir Writing Class

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 12, 2010
Memoir Writing News: Two Winners, Writing Contest, Memoir Writing Class

Check out the great photos of two of our memoir contest winners and be sure to read the guidelines for our new contest. Remember: Enter early and often.

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Journal Writing for Memoir: Use Your Journal to Practice Storytelling

by Amber Lea StarfireSeptember 11, 2010
Journal Writing for Memoir: Use Your Journal to Practice Storytelling

Your journal, in addition to being a place to record thoughts, feelings, reflections, and events in your life, is a great place to practice writing memoir using the art of storytelling. When you are journaling about your life you are, in fact, recording stories. And if you have stories that you’d like others to (eventually) read — whether family or a broader audience — why not also use your journal as a place to polish your storytelling skills?

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Back to School: Women’s Memoirs’ List of Online Memoir-Writing Classes

by Kendra BonnettSeptember 10, 2010
Back to School: Women’s Memoirs’ List of Online Memoir-Writing ClassesBack to School: Women’s Memoirs’ List of Online Memoir-Writing Classes

It’s that time of year–back to school. But not only for the kids. You can make this the Fall that you get serious about starting your memoir…or maybe finally finishing it. Here are 10 resources and/or classes to get you moving.

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ScrapMoir How To #18: The Art of Photojournalism as a Tool in Scrapbooking and Writing Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtSeptember 9, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #18: The Art of Photojournalism as a Tool in Scrapbooking and Writing Memoir

Bettyann Schmidt provides a provocative look at the closeness of scrapbooking and photojournalism. Follow her personal life story as she explores how she uses scrapbooking i her family.

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