500 Words (or More): Memoir Writing Prompt #14 and Whales

by Promptly PortlandJanuary 5, 2010
500 Words (or More): Memoir Writing Prompt #14 and Whales

Promptly Portland gets us writing with this somewhat modified real story of a whale and her rescue. Not tuned to animals? Promptly has a second exercise that focuses on people who help us when we get tangled in life’s web.

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Memoir Moment #9: Mary Gordon Spence Shares Her Thoughts on Memoir Openings

by Matilda ButlerJanuary 4, 2010
Memoir Moment #9: Mary Gordon Spence Shares Her Thoughts on Memoir Openings

Interview: Speaker, storyteller, and humorist Mary Gordon Spence shares her wisdom on effective memoir openings.

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10 Memoir Writing and Publishing Predictions for 2010

by Matilda ButlerJanuary 2, 2010
10 Memoir Writing and Publishing Predictions for 2010

Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler share their 10 Memoir Predictions for 2010. Check out their list and add your own in the Comments section.

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Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Memoir Writers

by Matilda ButlerJanuary 2, 2010
Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Memoir Writers

Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett highlight 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Memoir Writers. See how many belong on your list.

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ScrapMoir How To #5: Life in Ordinary Time

by Matilda ButlerDecember 31, 2009
ScrapMoir How To #5: Life in Ordinary Time

ScrapMoir: Guest Blogger Bettyann Schmidt shares scrapbooking and memoir vignette writing tips centered around the theme of ordinary moments in our lives. She helps us know how to think about, write about, and scrapbook these otherwise passed over times.

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Book Review of Cowboy & Wills by Monica Holloway

by Tracy Kauffman WoodDecember 30, 2009
Book Review of Cowboy & Wills by Monica Holloway

Guest book reviewer, Tracy Kauffman Wood, gives us her insights into the memoir by Monica Holloway entitled Cowboy and Wills. You’ll be touched by this story of a dog and the boy he changed and helped launch into the world.

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Cooking Memories, KitchenScraps and Julia Child for Christmas–Plus Writing Prompt and Recipe

by Kendra BonnettDecember 29, 2009
Cooking Memories, KitchenScraps and Julia Child for Christmas–Plus Writing Prompt and Recipe

In keeping with our Julie & Julia theme this week, Kendra recalls cooking with her mother and includes a writing prompt that could put you on a path to publishing a KitchenScrap. She also includes a treasured family recipe for sauted Medallions of Beef.

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