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One Memoir Contest Ends – One Still Open

by Matilda ButlerNovember 2, 2010
One Memoir Contest Ends – One Still Open

News Announcement: Current Women’s Memoirs writing contest is now closed. Look for an announcement of the winner in mid-November. Janet Riehl’s Second Mile Award contest is ongoing until November 7. Read about it and enter now.

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

by Matilda ButlerOctober 27, 2010
Memoir Book Review: When Women First Wore Army Shoes by Ethel A. StarbirdMemoir Book Review: When Women First Wore Army Shoes by Ethel A. Starbird

Post #65 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Raves – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler Today’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 […]

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ScrapMoir How To #20: Writing Life’s Sensations in Scrapbooking and Memoir

by Bettyann SchmidtOctober 14, 2010
ScrapMoir How To #20: Writing Life’s Sensations in Scrapbooking and Memoir

Bettyann Schmidt looks in the compost heap of her life and extracts some of the memories (and the name) that makes her the personal she is today.

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Journal Writing for Memoir: Setting the Scene

by Amber Lea StarfireOctober 9, 2010
Journal Writing for Memoir: Setting the Scene

If one of the reasons you journal is to capture significant events and memories for future memoir writing (or if you just want to capture the memories as fully as possible), you’ll want to do more than just write about what happened. You’ll want to go beyond recording the emotional impact to describing the environment — the scene — in which an event occurs.

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When Rosie the Riveter Bandana Meets Memoir Writer

by Matilda ButlerOctober 3, 2010
When Rosie the Riveter Bandana Meets Memoir Writer

A case study of memoir marketing that combines a Rosie the Riveter bandana with a memoir writer. Watch for the takeaway at the end of this post.

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One Memoir, One Video: Are You My Guru? by Wendy Shanker

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 15, 2010
One Memoir, One Video: Are You My Guru? by Wendy Shanker

Find out how Wendy Shanker’s new memoir. Are You My Guru? provides lessons for memoir writers.

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Memoir Writing News: Two Winners, Writing Contest, Memoir Writing Class

by Matilda ButlerSeptember 12, 2010
Memoir Writing News: Two Winners, Writing Contest, Memoir Writing Class

Check out the great photos of two of our memoir contest winners and be sure to read the guidelines for our new contest. Remember: Enter early and often.

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