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Memoir Book Review: When Women First Wore Army Shoes by Ethel A. Starbird

by Matilda Butler on October 27, 2010

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Memoir Book Review, Memoir Writing, Memoir, When Women First Wore Army ShoesToday’s book review is a look at both a memoir and a Rosie the Riveter, military style. Victoria Selfridge contacted me about a family memoir, When Women First Wore Army Shoes. Her aunt, Ethel A. Starbird served as a member of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II, doing for the army what Rosie the Riveter did for industry. She wrote a marvelously funny memoir about her experiences as a member of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. [click to continue…]

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Women’s Memoir: A Chance to Win

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 26, 2010
Women’s Memoir: A Chance to Win

Follow up to our book review of Cowboy & Wills by Monica Holloway. Monica will be answering questions on Facebook on September 28. If you have questions you’d like to pose to a memoir author, be sure to read the details in this memoir writing post.

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Book Review of Robin Burnside’s The Homesteader’s Kitchen

by Matilda ButlerAugust 4, 2010
Book Review of Robin Burnside’s The Homesteader’s Kitchen

The review of Robin Burnside’s new cookbook is designed to inspire you to capture your own family recipes and stories.

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Book Review of Pat Brown’s The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers & Psychopaths

by Matilda ButlerJuly 28, 2010
Book Review of Pat Brown’s The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers & Psychopaths

Want a better understanding how a single turning point in a life can become the focus of your memoir? Read Pat Brown’s The Profiler for a better understanding of an approach to a well-sharpened memoir with defined boundaries. If you’re struggling with what to include and what to exclude in your memoir, then this book may help you.

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Book Publisher Gets Authors Competing for Book Deals

by Kendra BonnettJune 20, 2010
Book Publisher Gets Authors Competing for Book Deals

What can you learn from The Next Top Spiritual Author contest? Maybe you’ll get a sneak peek into the future. Publishers who encourage authors to compete for book deals may be helping themselves sell more book and helping authors to get started with essential marketing early.

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Memoir Writing Book: Fearless Confessions by Sue William Silverman

by Kendra BonnettMay 5, 2010
Memoir Writing Book: Fearless Confessions by Sue William Silverman

Sue William Silverman is a powerful memoirist. Her books are honest, raw, and always well written. In “Fearless Confessions” she shares her insight and experience writing memoir. A must-read for every aspiring memoirist.

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Memoir Book Review: A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown

by Matilda ButlerNovember 25, 2009
Memoir Book Review: A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown

In this Memoir Book Rave, Tracy Kauffman Wood highlights Cupcake Brown’s A Piece of Cake by contrasting the voices the author uses at three time points in her life. What voice are you using?

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