Writing in Five: Rita Mae Brown on Verbs

by Matilda ButlerMarch 14, 2010
Writing in Five: Rita Mae Brown on Verbs

Writing Alchemy – Join Matilda and Kendra for another audio in their series called Writing in Five. Their brief, five-minute audios provide writing tips from well-known writers. Today, they talk about Rita Mae Brown’s take on verbs.

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Writing in Five: Stephen King on Adverbs

by Matilda ButlerMarch 14, 2010
Writing in Five: Stephen King on Adverbs

Writing Alchemy. Matilda and Kendra begin their blog about Writing Alchemy, their in-progress book, with a series of five minute audios, each drawing its wisdom from well-known writers who have written about writing. Each audio provides a quick writing tip.

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Author Conversation with Linda Joy Myers, Part 5

by Matilda ButlerMarch 13, 2010
Author Conversation with Linda Joy Myers, Part 5

Interview: Today Linda Joy Myers addresses the important factors for staying motivated in your memoir writing as well as discusses the rising use of audio books as an additional distribution approach.

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Author Conversation with Linda Joy Myers, Part 4

by Matilda ButlerMarch 12, 2010
Author Conversation with Linda Joy Myers, Part 4

Interview: Linda Joy Myers gives her perspective on the differences between personal essay and memoir. Join the conversation by adding your thoughts in the Comments section of the blog.

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KitchenScraps: Aunt Edith’s Lemon Meringue Pie by Linda Joy Myers

by Matilda ButlerMarch 11, 2010
KitchenScraps: Aunt Edith’s Lemon Meringue Pie by Linda Joy Myers

KitchenScraps: Author Linda Joy Myers shares the story of hurt and love that came out of a midwestern family, struggling with abandonment. The vignette turns around her aunt’s favorite lemon meringue pie (recipe included.)

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Author Conversation with Linda Joy Myers, Part 3

by Matilda ButlerMarch 10, 2010
Author Conversation with Linda Joy Myers, Part 3

Interview: In our third question and answer with Linda Joy Myers, we get her perspective on organizing a memoir.

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Author Conversation with Linda Joy Myers, Part 2

by Matilda ButlerMarch 9, 2010
Author Conversation with Linda Joy Myers, Part 2

Post #43 – Women’s Memoirs, Author Conversations – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler Yesterday’s blog introduced our author conversation with Linda Joy Myers. She answered the question about handling the dark moments in our memoir writing. If you check the comments section of that Women’s Memoirs blog, you’ll find a good discussion of the issue. […]

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