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Ten Dangerous Distractions for Memoir Writers – and the Good News About Them!

by Pamela JaneSeptember 4, 2011

See how many of Pamela Jane Bell’s DISTRACTIONS FROM WRITING you use and learn how to turn them distractions into attractions that will help you write.

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Memoir Writing Contest: Yippie Yippie Green by Pamila Jo Florea

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 1, 2011

Women’s Memoirs hopes you enjoy Pamila Jo Florea’s Yippie Yippie Green, an honorable mention winner of our March Memoir Writing Contest, Memories of Life Observed.

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Memoir Review: Take Me Home from the Oscars: Arthritis, Television, Fashion and Me by Christine Schwab

by Matilda ButlerAugust 31, 2011

Lanie Tankard reviews the memoir Take Me Home from the Oscars by Christine Schwab and shares insights for the memoir writer.

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Memoir Writing Prompts: Postcards from Camp

by Matilda ButlerAugust 30, 2011

This week’s memoir writing prompt takes you back to your childhood or lets you look at your current day with the perspective of a child.

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Memoir Writing: 2 [More] Tips for the Writing Mindset

by Matilda ButlerAugust 29, 2011

Maria Rainier, a freelance writer, shares her personal tips for finding the writing mindset when you want to do anything other than write.

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Writing and Healing: Double Benefits from Memoir

by Sharon LippincottAugust 28, 2011

Sharon Lippincott shows how publishing our memoirs helps both the writer in healing and also the reader in insights gain and lives changed.

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Halloween is Coming — What are you writing? wearing?

by Matilda ButlerAugust 27, 2011

Hard to believe it, but Halloween is on its way. Be a fashionable Rosie the Riveter this year with the authentic Rosie the Riveter Legacy Bandana. Not into costumes? That’s okay. Read about our memoir writing contest that focuses on your memories of Halloween’s past.

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Ten Dangerous Distractions for Memoir Writers – and the Good News About Them!

Memoir Writing Contest: Yippie Yippie Green by Pamila Jo Florea

Memoir Review: Take Me Home from the Oscars: Arthritis, Television, Fashion and Me by Christine Schwab

Memoir Writing Prompts: Postcards from Camp

Memoir Writing: 2 [More] Tips for the Writing Mindset

Writing and Healing: Double Benefits from Memoir

Halloween is Coming — What are you writing? wearing?

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TALES OF OUR LIVES Award-Winning Stories from Women’s Memoirs

Seasons of Our Lives “GET INSPIRED…

…IN YOUR LIFE…

…AND IN YOUR WRITING”

4 Volumes of SEASONS OF OUR LIVES Available in Kindle Store

Award-Winning Collective Memoir

Rosie the Riveter’s Bandana Available at RosiesDaughters.com and Etsy.com

Thanks for the Award

TALES OF OUR LIVES — New Award-Winning Anthology Now Available

Memories Sweet and Savory – Apple iBook Now Available – Just $1.99

SEASONS OF OUR LIVES Author Reads Her Story

Get Your Copy of the Award-Winning WRITING ALCHEMY

Get Your FREE eBooks

Get Your Free Ebook Now

Our Memoir Writing Secret #1

SCN Star Blogger Award

Will the R.E.A.L. Authorpreneur Please Stand Up?

Free eBook on Scrapbooking + Memoir

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