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500 Words (Or More) Writing Prompt #35: Childhood Routines

by Promptly PortlandAugust 17, 2010

Promptly Portland’s weekly writing prompt takes us back to our childhoods and asks us to consider how we’ve incorporated some of those routines and experiences in our adult lives.

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500 Words (or More) Writing Prompt #33: The Kaleidoscope

by Promptly PortlandAugust 3, 2010

This week, Promptly Portland suggests a way to examine your life from different perspectives. Have fun turning your memoir kaleidoscope.

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500 Words (or More) Writing Prompt #32: The Seasons of Your Life

by Promptly PortlandJuly 27, 2010

Promptly Portland is back with a prompt that lets us think about the seasons of our life in a novel way. You choose which season to write about based on Promptly’s discussion. Be sure to let us know what you think about the prompt.

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Memoir Book Review: Rhoda Janzen’s Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Reviewed by Shirley H. Showalter

by Matilda ButlerMarch 17, 2010

Book Review: Rhoda Janzen’s memoir, Mennonite in A Little Black Dress, is reviewed by Shirley H. Showalter with an eye to analyzing the memoir’s humor and discussing how memoir writers can benefit from using at least some elements of humor.

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craft of memoir

500 Words (Or More) Writing Prompt #35: Childhood Routines

500 Words (or More) Writing Prompt #33: The Kaleidoscope

500 Words (or More) Writing Prompt #32: The Seasons of Your Life

Memoir Book Review: Rhoda Janzen’s Mennonite in a Little Black Dress Reviewed by Shirley H. Showalter

Sign up here for our monthly blog digest

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

Every writer needs to build a list of her own