RSS FeedNational Association of Memoir Writers Host Literary Editor Alan Rinzler & Literary Agent Verna Dreisbach at Day-long Memoir Writing Telesummit
[caption id="attachment_4679" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Alan Rinzler & Verna Dreisbach"][/caption] Agent & Editor Help You Learn How to Attract and Agent & Publisher Sign Up Below Alan Rinzler and Verna Dreisbach have worked with hundreds of authors to help them bring their ideas into the larger world. An agent’s role is to recognize an idea or work in progress that needs an audience, and that contributes something to the public. The editor at the publishing house is in the position to listen to the agent’s pitch and decide whether to take on the author. An important factor in this process is to determine if ...
Sheila Bender Author of The New Theology: Turning to Poetry in a Time of Grief to Speak at National Association of Memoir Writers Free Day-long Memoir Writing Telesummit
[caption id="attachment_1483" align="alignleft" width="138" caption="Shiela Bender"][/caption] Learn How to Make Your Memoir Compelling Sign Up Below! When you begin the journey of writing your memoir, you need to draw upon your emotional motivation and your passion to write your story. Sheila Bender’s memoir The New Theology: Turning to Poetry in a Time of Grief was a transition from writing poetry, personal essay and instructional work, she will talk about what she learned over the seven years she worked on her memoir. Included in the discussion will be story structure, the purpose of memoir, and what she as an author has to offer others. ...
National Association of Memoir Writers Free Day-Long Memoir Writing Telesummit to Host Kay Adams
[caption id="attachment_79" align="alignleft" width="120" caption="Kay Adams"][/caption] Kay Helps Writers Get Results from their Vision for Memoir Sign Up Below You've got the vision of the memoir in your head, journal, heart and pen -- but the result? Not so much! In this energy-packed hour, Kay Adams will share the secrets of manifesting the vision for your memoir. Using practical techniques drawn from applied science, she'll give you the first steps for turning your thinking upside-down and getting immediately different (and better) results! Kay will talk about: A simple technique to move “current reality” in the direction of “vision” How to use this technique to blast through writer’s ...
National Association of Memoir Writers presents Denis LeDoux, Founder of The Soleil Lifestory Network at Free Day-Long Memoir Writing Telesummit
[caption id="attachment_4649" align="alignleft" width="108" caption="Denis LeDoux"][/caption] Denis Shares His Experience and Advice for Transforming a Journal Into Memoir Sign Up Below! The journal is a natural source of material for a memoir. But, even more, it can be the text of a memoir. In your journal, you may have much of your book already written, if not digested. In this session, I Denis will help to smooth the process of going from journal to memoir. Think about what to write in your journal today. Save time now! Note what you want to take out later. How to mine an existing journal. Don’t overlook the obvious. Structure ...
National Association of Memoir Writers President & Author of The Power of Memoir How to Write Your Healing Story, Linda Joy Myers to Participate in Interview at Free Day-Long Memoir Writing Telesummit
[caption id="attachment_3552" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D."][/caption] Linda Joy Myers in Exclusive Interview with Kay Adams about the Power of Memoir to Heal and Transform. Sign Up Below! Memoir writing is a pathway toward greater inner knowledge and personal freedom. Research shows that writing untangles old neural pathways and makes it possible to heal traumas and unresolved issues, as well as help people write themselves into a positive present and future. Linda Joy knows about the path toward healing from personal experience, through her own therapy and through writing her memoir Don’t Call Me Mother, along with her thirty years as ...
National Association of Memoir Writers Announces Session and Speaker Line-up for the 2010 Free Memoir Writing Day-Long Telesummit—From Transformation to Publication
5 Sessions with 6 Speakers on the Topic of Writing and Publishing Memoir with a Free Audio Download of Each Session Available Just for Signing up! Event: National Association of Memoir Writers Day-Long Free Virtual ConferenceTelesummit Topic: Memoir Writing—From Transformation to Publication Cost: FREE Date: Friday April 16, 2010 Time: 10 AM PDT-4 PM PDT Please join us for our annual free National Association of Memoir Writers Virtual Teleconference on Friday April 16, 2010! At NAMW, we know Iit’s important to join the a community of talented writers, creators, editors, and publishers as you develop your knowledge of craft. Learning how to create ...
Linda Joy Myers, President of the National Association of Memoir Writers Makes First Blog Tour Stop This Friday, March 5, 2010 to Promote the Power of Memoir
Women’s Memoirs Blog to Conduct Interview Join Linda Joy Myers on her first blog tour stop as she discusses the Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story. Linda has written a beautiful blog entry, Writing from the Inside Out—Open Your Mind and Change Your Life on the Women’s Memoirs website. Linda will be interviewed this Friday, by Women’s Memoirs and will answer the questions you post in advance of Friday. Post your questions now at http://womensmemoirs.com/memoir-writing-prompts/memoir-guest-blog-and-writing-prompt-linda-joy-myers-discusses-the-power-of-memoir/
[NAMW Member Teleseminar] Who Needs Editing? No, Really… with Brooke Warner
Who Needs Editing? No, Really… Speaker: Brooke Warner Date: March 12, 2010 Times: 11 AM PST /12 PM MST / 1 PM CST /2 PM EST Cost: FREE FOR NAMW MEMBERS (you will receive the call information via email as the event draws near) Do you wish to become an NAMW Member? Click here to become a member now! This teleseminar for our NAMW members will present several issues that arise when writing a memoir. A significant issue is to understand when the book simply needs to go through more layers of the writing process, and when it needs to be edited. We will address ...
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The National Association of Memoir Writers (NAMW) invites memoir writers from all over the world to connect, learn, and become inspired about writing their stories. The goal of our organization is to help memoir writers feel empowered with purpose and energy to begin and develop their life stories into a publishable memoir, whether in essay form, a book, a family legacy, or to create a blog.
Many memoir writers want to use writing as means for healing and transformation, so we assist in this goal by offering workshops, teleseminars, and interviews with writers and experts in the area of memoir, writing skills, therapeutic writing, spiritual autobiography, and healing through writing personal, authentic stories. » Learn More
NAMW Updates
» Teleseminar Call-in Instructions for National Association of Memoir Writers Member-only Teleseminar with Brooke Warner, Friday March 12, 2010 at 11:00 AM PST/2:00 PM EST
Who Needs Editing? No Really… Speaker: Brooke Warner Date: Friday March 12, 2010 Time: 11 AM PST | 12 PM MST | 1 PM CST | 2 PM EST Below are the details you will need to connect to the call: Telephone Number: 218-339-4300 Conference Call Code: 886417# If you have any questions, please email... » more
» Today, Wednesday March 10, 2011, Linda Joy Myers, Author of the Power of Memoir and National Association of Memoir Writers President and Founder, asks “How Does Writing Help You?”
10 Memoir Writing Tips Included! Join Linda Joy Myers today, Wednesday March 10, 2011, on her blog tour stop with Meryl K. Evans, hostess of the Meryl’s Notes Blog. Linda Joy has written an article on Meryl’s blog about Interweaving Dark and Light Stories that includes as list of 10 writing... » more
» Linda Joy Myers, Founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers, Visits Writer Inspired Blog with Mary Jo Campbell on Tuesday March 9, 2010 to Discuss Her New Book, The Power of Memoir: Writing Your Healing Story
Visit Mary Jo Campbell’s Inspiring Blog! Join Linda Joy Myers on her blog tour stop with Mary Jo Campbell, hostess of the Writer Inspired Blog as Mary interviews Linda regarding the Power of Memoir: Writing Your Healing Story. Leave a comment on the Writer Inspired blog for a chance to win a... » more
» Linda Joy Myers, National Association of Memoir Writers President to visit WOW! Women on Writing Monday March 8th
Visit the Muffin on WoW! Join Linda Joy Myers on her blog tour stop with WoW! Women on Writing, as she discusses the Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story. Enter on the blog for a chance to win a copy of the book! Linda is looking forward to hearing from you! Visit : http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/blog.html... » more
» National Association of Memoir Writers Announces Session and Speaker Line-up for the 2010 Free Memoir Writing Day-Long Telesummit—From Transformation to Publication
5 Sessions with 6 Speakers on the Topic of Writing and Publishing Memoir with a Free Audio Download of Each Session Available Just for Signing up! Event: National Association of Memoir Writers Day-Long Free Virtual ConferenceTelesummit Topic: Memoir Writing—From Transformation to Publication Cost:... » more
» National Association of Memoir Writers Proud to Sponsor Blog Tour by Linda Joy Myers for the Power of Memoir
The Power of Memoir by Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. Linda Joy Myers, NAMW President, Scheduled to Make 12+ Stops—Post Your Questions and Enter Contests on the Blogs before the dates listed below! Visit all or any of Linda Joy Myer’s blog tour stops as she talks about the Power of Memoir: How to Write... » more
» Linda Joy Myers, President of the National Association of Memoir Writers Makes First Blog Tour Stop This Friday, March 5, 2010 to Promote the Power of Memoir
Women’s Memoirs Blog to Conduct Interview Join Linda Joy Myers on her first blog tour stop as she discusses the Power of Memoir: How to Write Your Healing Story. Linda has written a beautiful blog entry, Writing from the Inside Out—Open Your Mind and Change Your Life on the Women’s Memoirs website. Linda... » more
» San Mateo County Fair exhibits and contest—Literary Arts Division
Friday, April 30 by 7 pm Entry Forms and Entries for Literary Arts due, including the Notre Dame de Namur Scholarship-see youth exhibits for details (Mailed entries must be postmarked by April 30) NEW!!! DIVISION 338 – THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEMOIR WRITERS: THE POWER OF MEMOIR AWARDS OFFERED 1st... » more
» Memoir Writers—How to be Transformed by your Plot
by Martha Alderson ( http://www.blockbusterplots.com/ ) When I teach memoir writers, I try to integrate several things at once—to honor the stories, often very emotional and raw, that they want to tell. And in a group setting, we strive to respectfully witness each person’s story and to allow emotions... » more
» National Association of Poetry Therapy Conference
Moments of Being: Writing Your Spiritual Memoir National Association of Poetry Therapy Conference Washington D.C. April 7-11, 2010 Writing about spiritual experiences is an important healing process, asking the writer to navigate dark nights of the soul and explore moments of transformation. Virginia... » more
Upcoming Teleseminar Speakers
» [NAMW Member Teleseminar] Who Needs Editing? No, Really… with Brooke Warner
Who Needs Editing? No, Really…
Speaker: Brooke Warner
Date: March 12, 2010
Times: 11 AM PST /12 PM MST / 1 PM CST /2 PM EST
Cost: FREE FOR NAMW MEMBERS (you will receive the call information via email as the event draws near)
Do you wish to become an NAMW Member? Click here to become a member now!
This teleseminar for our NAMW members will present several issues that arise when writing a memoir. A significant issue is to understand when the book simply needs to go through more layers of the writing process, and when it needs to be edited. We will address how self-editing and micro-analyzing every sentence you write is a hindrance to completing your work, and why, after you’ve completed your manuscript, you’re not really done.
This conversation is chock-full of strategies for writers at various stages of their projects. It’s both permission-giving and a reality check. Every writer needs to learn when to ignore the voice whispering that it’s not good enough and when to be open to outside feedback. [Read more]
NAMW Workshops and Classes
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» [Workshop Mar 27 to June 5] Saturdays at Berkeley: Healing Memoir and Spiritual Autobiography Workshops with Linda Joy Myers
Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. Healing Memoir and Spiritual Autobiography with Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. Schedule: Saturdays, 10am-1pm PDT 8 Sessions starting from Mar 27 to June 5, 2010. Price: $380.00 As a group, we write about the important moments in our lives–childhood memories, careers, love and family,... » more
» [Spring 2010 Workshop March-June] Writing a Healing/Spiritual Memoir sessions with Linda Joy Myers
Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. With Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. Period: FRIDAYS, March 26 to June 11, 2010 Times: 8am pacific / 9am mountain / 10am central / 11am eastern Intermediate to Advanced Workshops If you have been writing for a while and enjoy the process of understanding yourself through memoir writing,... » more
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» [Workshop March 2010] How to Use the Hero’s Journey to Write About Your Life with Jerry Waxler
Jerry Waxler How to Use the Hero’s Journey to Write About Your Life with Jerry Waxler Three Session Workshop Dates: March 8, 15, 22 Times: 4 PM PST, 5 PM MST, 6 PM CST, 7 PM EST Fees: $165.00 Non-Members $145.00 NAMW Members | Click here to go to the members area to purchase In the journey of... » more
» [Free Preview Workshop: March 1, 2010] How Transitions Make your Story Come Alive
Jerry Waxler How Transitions Make your Story Come Alive with Jerry Waxler (Free Preview for the Hero’s Journey Workshop. Click here to learn more about Jerry’s next formal workshop.) Date: March 1, 2010 Times: 4 PM PST, 5 PM MST, 6 PM CST, 7 PM EST This Preview is FREE for EVERYONE to attend.... » more
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