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Women’s Memoirs Interview: A Memoir Author Conversation with Diana M. Raab

by Kendra BonnettSeptember 27, 2010
Women’s Memoirs Interview: A Memoir Author Conversation with Diana M. Raab

If you enjoyed memoir writer Diana Raab’s 10 Tips on Writing for Healing, you’ll love our interview with Diana. She talks about this very private process of writing memoir and her life-long commitment to journaling.

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Keep Writing and Moving Forward: Advice from Annie Dillard

by Kendra BonnettSeptember 14, 2010
Keep Writing and Moving Forward: Advice from Annie Dillard

This week’s Writing in Five video is taken from The Writing Life by Annie Dillard. An essential book for anyone who writes. Whether writing a memoir, novel, essay or poem, Annie Dillard counsels writers to move forward. Progress and the final product are key.

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Back to School: Women’s Memoirs’ List of Online Memoir-Writing Classes

by Kendra BonnettSeptember 10, 2010
Back to School: Women’s Memoirs’ List of Online Memoir-Writing ClassesBack to School: Women’s Memoirs’ List of Online Memoir-Writing Classes

It’s that time of year–back to school. But not only for the kids. You can make this the Fall that you get serious about starting your memoir…or maybe finally finishing it. Here are 10 resources and/or classes to get you moving.

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Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Mom’s Winter Noodles by LaTawnia Gray

by Matilda ButlerJuly 29, 2010
Memoir Contest Winner: Honorable Mention for Mom’s Winter Noodles by LaTawnia Gray

Join us in celebrating LaTawnia Gray’s award-winning story, a remembrance of her mother’s homemade noodles that has spanned the years. Come for the story and leave with this wonderful recipe. This is a memoir vignette worth conjuring with.

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Writing in Five: William Zinsser on Openings

by Matilda ButlerMay 3, 2010
Writing in Five: William Zinsser on Openings

Writing Alchemy: This is the seventh in our Writing in Five series–practical writing tips from published authors. In her video, Matilda talks about William Zinsser’s advice on how to hook your reader so that he or she will keep on reading.

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Memoir Guest Blog and Writing Prompt: Judy Mandel Discusses the Challenges When the Story Is Not Forthcoming

by Kendra BonnettFebruary 16, 2010
Memoir Guest Blog and Writing Prompt: Judy Mandel Discusses the Challenges When the Story Is Not Forthcoming

Judy Mandel, author of “Replacement Child,” shares a family tragedy that took place almost two years before she was born. Judy’s storytelling is so powerful, you feel as though you were a witness on that fateful day in 1952. But that’s only half of this story: Judy weaves her story as the replacement child for sister Donna lost in the crash–her own life unfolding in between chapters that bring us ever closer to the tragic accident. This memoir is dramatically and rtfully told.

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Guest Blog and Writing Prompt by Susan Parker: Memoir Writing Is About As Personal As You Can Get

by Kendra BonnettFebruary 9, 2010
Guest Blog and Writing Prompt by Susan Parker: Memoir Writing Is About As Personal As You Can Get

Memoir writing is a deeply personal experience for writer and reader. In anticipation of our interview, author Susan Parker talks about what it takes to tell one’s intimate story and the satisfaction upon learning what complete honesty means to her readers.

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