NAMW Honors National Life Writing Month and Family Story Month with a Memoir Writing Mini-Workshop Teleseminar that includes a FREE PREVIEW Teleseminar Join us for a  Memoir Writing Mini-Workshop Teleseminar, composed of two sessions, PLUS A FREE PREVIEW. November is National Life Writing Month and... » more

NAMW Honors National Life Writing Month and Family Story Month Date: Tuesday November 3, 2009 Time: 3 PM PST | 4 PM MST | 5 PM CST | 6 PM EST Call Focus: Top Three Reasons to Write Your Memoir as a Story Cost: FREE November is an exciting month at NAMW as we honor National Life Writing Month and Family... » more

Fall is one of the most beautiful times of year.  The air is crisp and cool, the leaves are vivid as they change from green to shades of red, yellow, and gold; the smell of wood smoke is in the air when people begin to light their fires to warm their homes, or burn piles of leaves that have fallen... » more

I stand at the bathroom counter and watch blood fall into the white porcelain sink. I look up at the mirror. My eyes are red and puffy; the top of my lip is swollen and slightly bruised. From the tip of my nose falls drop after drop of blood. I stare into the eyes of the woman looking back from the mirror,... » more

Exhausted from the emotional weight of  the story I told my therapist, Miriam, , I lapsed back into reverie . Then I heard her gentle voice,“Were there other occasions when you took responsibility for your father?” she asked. “Oh, yes, lots of times.” I hated coming back to conscious reality.... » more

Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. Listen in to this downloadable audio as Linda Joy Myers Ph.D., MFT, President and Founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers (NAMW) shares her thoughts on this inaugural National Day on Writing.  Read More →

Linda Joy Myers, President & Founder of NAMW shares this commentary on writing in honor of the inaugural National Day on Writing.  Join in on this National celebration by posting your writing sample by clicking on the “Leave a Comment” button located just above this  paragraph.  You... » more

While at Target recently I was picking up notebooks at the back-to-school sale, and the scene made me think of a black and white photo of my brothers and me heading back to school in 1960. Standing among harried mothers clutching their school supply lists and children choosing between the playful dolphin... » more

Rebecca Lawton is our guest NAMW Speaker for December 2009 Planning and Publishing In Spite of Ourselves Date: December 11, 2009 Guest Speaker: Rebecca Lawton Times: 11 am Pacific | 12 noon Mountain | 1 pm Central | 2 pm Eastern Cost: Free for NAMW Members Become A Member of NAMW Today to take part... » more

  Robin Brooks, book designer, is also an artist and a writer. She stands here before one of her sculptures. ***NEW–Listen to an exclusive Interview with Robin*** The Beauty of Books I came to be an artist as part of surviving an extremely abusive childhood. Silence was mandatory. The denial... » more