500 Words (or More): Memoir Writing Prompt #1

by Promptly PortlandAugust 18, 2009
500 Words (or More): Memoir Writing Prompt #1

500 Words (or More): Memoir Writing Prompt #1 helps you explore the role of false expectations.

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Writing with Joy – Lavender in our Memoir Garden

by Matilda ButlerAugust 10, 2009
Writing with Joy – Lavender in our Memoir Garden

Matilda invites you to join her in the Memoir Garden where she discusses the need for joy in our writing, a reminder provided by nature’s lavender plants.

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KitchenScraps – My Grandmother’s Prune Cake by Kristiane McKee Maas

by Matilda ButlerAugust 1, 2009
KitchenScraps – My Grandmother’s Prune Cake by Kristiane McKee Maas

Kristiane McKee Maas shares a lovingly told tale of her much beloved grandmother who taught her so much of what she values today. Be sure to try her grandmother’s Prune Cake Deluxe recipe.

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Interview with Karen Walker – Author of Following the Whispers

by Matilda ButlerJuly 27, 2009
Interview with Karen Walker – Author of Following the Whispers

How do you reshape a personal story of lost parental custody into a memoir of learning to listen to one’s inner whispers? Listen as Karen Walker, Following the Whispers, shares her experiences with us.

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Book Review of Who Do You Think You Are? by Alyse Myers

by Matilda ButlerJuly 24, 2009
Book Review of Who Do You Think You Are? by Alyse Myers

Book review of Alyse Myers’ new memoir Who Do You Think You Are? Find out why this memoir provides insight into how mother-daughter relationships can be written about while accepting that the causes of the dynamics are probably unknowable. A memoir writer will find much to learn in this gripping memoir.

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Story Poems as Memoir

by Kendra BonnettJuly 19, 2009
Story Poems as Memoir

As part of her blog book tour for her new audio version of her memoir Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary, we invited Janet Riehl to guest blog on Women’s Memoirs. Janet has given us a lot to think about as she expands our thinking about new media for memoir. Janet wrote her memoir as a series of story poems, which are now put to music in her new CD. Be sure to join us live for our interview with Janet on June 11th (see details on blog) and please post your questions for Janet. We’ll be sure she answers your questions.

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Conversation with Author Alyse Myers

by Matilda ButlerJuly 16, 2009
Conversation with Author Alyse Myers

Ever thought about the way an author can take advantage of her Blackberry? No, you probably haven’t and we hadn’t either until our fascinating interview with Alyse Myers, author of “Who Do You Think You Are?” Join us in listening to the recording of that interview where Alyse shares insights from writing her memoir and answers your questions.

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