Memoir Writing and Truth: Revisited

by Matilda ButlerOctober 2, 2012
Memoir Writing and Truth: Revisited

Post #61 – Memoir and Fiction, Writing Alchemy – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler Finding Truth for Your Memoir Recently, while I was in Vancouver, BC, I saw a special exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery called “Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore.” Claribel and Etta Cone, residents of Baltimore, Maryland, […]

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Memoir Contest Winner: Itaewon’s Sunny Corner by Pamila Florea

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 27, 2012
Memoir Contest Winner: Itaewon’s Sunny Corner by Pamila Florea

Pamila Florea’s award-winner memoir contest story reminds us that gratitude comes unexpectedly. All we need to do is recognize it.

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Memoir Writing Prompt: “Today I Want To…”

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 26, 2012
Memoir Writing Prompt: “Today I Want To…”

A new memoir writing prompt is designed to help you think (and write) about your current satisfaction/dissatisfaction with life, plan desirable changes, and then move forward with them. Writing helps you see where you want to go and how far you have come.

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Memoir Writing Prompts: Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, No Really

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 24, 2012
Memoir Writing Prompts: Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, No Really

What to include in your memoir — what to leave out. It all depends on what you want to do with your life cherries — flesh and pits alike.

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Memoir Contest Winner: Turkey Jerky by Cindy Briggs

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 20, 2012
Memoir Contest Winner: Turkey Jerky by Cindy Briggs

Congratulations to Cindy Briggs for her award-winning story about a remembered Thanksgiving meal. If you’ve ever had a cooking disaster, you’ll love these story.

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Memoir Contest News: Fall Memories Contest Ends September 30, 2012

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 19, 2012
Memoir Contest News: Fall Memories Contest Ends September 30, 2012

Post #82 – Women’s Memoirs, News – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler Memoir Contest Deadline Draws Near Graceful summer foliage turns yellow. Children walk to school rather than the park. Even television programs know it is time to a new season. Explore your memories of fall seasons past. When you think of the fall, what […]

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Memoir Writing Prompts: Why Not a Bucket List?

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 18, 2012
Memoir Writing Prompts: Why Not a Bucket List?

Have a bucket list? Thinking of creating one? See how you can build a writing prompt around it.

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