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Memoir Contest Winners: Memories of Aprils Past

by Matilda ButlerApril 18, 2011
Memoir Contest Winners: Memories of Aprils Past

Women’s Memoirs publishes the winners of our April Memoir Writing Contest. The top four stories will be published today — one every two hours. Be sure to check back to read these award-winning memoir vignettes.

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ScrapMoir How-To #27: Organizing and Remembering Why We Write Our Scrapbook Stories and Memoirs

by Bettyann SchmidtMarch 24, 2011
ScrapMoir How-To #27: Organizing and Remembering Why We Write Our Scrapbook Stories and Memoirs

In the midst of family research for her memoir, she pauses to ask the question, “Why?” Join her as she explores the why of the process as well as how she decided to manage her extensive research files.

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ScrapMoir How To #26: Writing Your Life’s Regrets for Scrapbooks or Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtMarch 10, 2011
ScrapMoir How To #26: Writing Your Life’s Regrets for Scrapbooks or Memoir

Bettyann Schmidt tells us how to deal with difficult events, life’s regrets and “what ifs” in our writing and scrapbooking. She offers up some powerful examples. PLUS, Bettyann create a new ebook for memoirists and scrappers…and it’s FREE.

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ScrapMoir How To #25: Changes in Self When Writing Scrapbook Stories and Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtFebruary 24, 2011
ScrapMoir How To #25: Changes in Self When Writing Scrapbook Stories and MemoirScrapMoir How To #25: Changes in Self When Writing Scrapbook Stories and Memoir

If you haven’t been following Bettyann Schmidt’s ScrapMoir How To, make a resolution to start with this one. She describes beautifully the importance and healing power of writing about those parts of your life that you don’t want to write. This is a must-read post.

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ScrapMoir How To #22: Use Your Life’s Soundtrack to Write Scrapbook Stories and Memoir, Part 2

by Bettyann SchmidtDecember 23, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #22: Use Your Life’s Soundtrack to Write Scrapbook Stories and Memoir, Part 2

Listen to the voices in your head. No, I’m not talking about being crazy. I’m making a reference to Bettyann Schmidt’s important new post that helps us recall voices that have made a difference in our lives.

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Help Save Someone’s Story – Continuing Look at Alzheimer’s and Memoir

by Matilda ButlerDecember 10, 2010
Help Save Someone’s Story – Continuing Look at Alzheimer’s and Memoir

Learn how you can help save the stories of others while learning how to write your own memoir.

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

by Promptly PortlandAugust 17, 2010
500 Words (Or More) Writing Prompt #35: Childhood Routines

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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