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ScrapMoir How To #16: The Historic You in Scrapbooking and Writing Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtAugust 12, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #16: The Historic You in Scrapbooking and Writing Memoir

Bettyann Schmidt returns with an entirely new topic — scrapbooking your reflections on major events. She includes pages she developed after witnessing the destruction from Katrina and other major world events. If you haven’t thought about creating ScrapMoirs — photos and memoir vignettes — with the theme of history unfolding, then her blog will be a treat for you.

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Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for The Bean Pot by Lanie Tankard

by Matilda ButlerJuly 1, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for The Bean Pot by Lanie Tankard

Prepare to smell the scent of cooking apples in the air as you read Lanie Tankard’s evocative story of times spent in the kitchen with her mother, making miniature pies, washing dishes, eating the apple skins. The scents and loving emotions of her childhood remain vivid today. Then enjoy her mother’s recipe for Bean Pot Apples.

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Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Fairy Cakes, A Magical Journey by Mairi Neil

by Matilda ButlerJune 17, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Fairy Cakes, A Magical Journey by Mairi Neil

Mairi Neil returns with another charming story of her childhood in Scotland. This time she shares the magical Fairy Cakes her mum allowed all six children to help prepare. The “patience of a saint” is Mairi’s seemingly accurate description of her mum. You may want to treat your children or grandchildren to this lovely story and treat.

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Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Blintz Queen of Brooklyn by Renee Cassese

by Matilda ButlerMay 6, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Blintz Queen of Brooklyn by Renee Cassese

Memoir Contest Winner Renee Cassese shares a delightful story about the grace and beauty of the often repeated blintz preparation by her Aunt Mae.

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Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls is Reviewed by Lanie Tankard

by Matilda ButlerApril 28, 2010
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls is Reviewed by Lanie Tankard

Half Broke Horse: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls is expertly reviewed by Lanie Tankard. Consider how you might write about your grandmother and explore one of your options by seeing what Walls has done.

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Writing Prompt: Who Owns the Story, Part 2

by Matilda ButlerApril 20, 2010
Writing Prompt: Who Owns the Story, Part 2

Janet Riehl and Stephanie Farrow return with the conclusion to their discussion of who owns the stories you want to tell. They conclude with an unusual writing prompt that may help you think about the lives that your story mirrors.

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Writing Prompt: Who Owns the Story, Part 1

by Matilda ButlerApril 6, 2010
Writing Prompt: Who Owns the Story, Part 1

Writing Prompt: Janet Riehl and Stephanie Farrow bring you the first of a two part article about ownership of our stories. Then they give you three writing prompts to get you thinking and writing.

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