Memoir Contest Winner – Honorable Mention for Drip-Dry Hostess by Ginger Collins

by Matilda ButlerMay 27, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner – Honorable Mention for Drip-Dry Hostess by Ginger Collins

KitchenScraps: An embarrassing moment handled with aplomb. Want to know the secret? Read Ginger Collins’ story for a tip. Then read on for her hors d’oeuvres recipe that she transforms into the main feature of the next day’s breakfast.

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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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Writing Prompt and the Art of Penjing

by Matilda ButlerMay 25, 2010
Writing Prompt and the Art of Penjing

Matilda shares how her recent trip to San Francisco led to today’s writing prompt. You’ll learn a little about the Art of Penjing and then have a chance to write about your personal life landscape.

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Writing in Five–Sheridan Baker on Writing Paragraphs

by Kendra BonnettMay 24, 2010
Writing in Five–Sheridan Baker on Writing Paragraphs

There is an art to writing structure. Understanding the structure of the common paragraph will allow you to write more effectively and, when you deviate to do so deliberately. In Part II of our Writing in Five Video on the Paragraph, we discuss transitions, topic sentences and the differences among (and functions of) beginning, middle and ending paragraphs.

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It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again — And How to Use Book Awards

by Kendra BonnettMay 21, 2010
It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again — And How to Use Book Awards

As we go on three weeks of book award wins for both Rosie’s Daughters and Dog Dish Diet, we decided to encourage all authors to enter competitions and to give some advice on how to put your wins to work in marketing your books.

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ScrapMoir How To #14: Writing Your Past, Present & Future in Scrapbooks & Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtMay 20, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #14: Writing Your Past, Present & Future in Scrapbooks & Memoir

Post #38 – Women’s Memoirs, ScrapMoir – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett By Bettyann Schmidt Past to Present in Scrapbooks and Memoir We’re looking at the three divisions of our lives in today’s blog. Our past, present, and future. What we uncover about our past and how it relates to our present will help us […]

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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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