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National Association of Memoir Writers Summer 2013 Healing/Spiritual Memoir Workshop

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  Workshop leader: Linda Joy Myers, author of The Power of Memoir June 20-August 8    Thursdays 3-4 PM Write raw, write bold. Tell secrets on the page, make lists, tune into your muse. All this is what we do in this short class that focuses on process not product. I have taught this workshop for several years, and always it is a powerful experience for writers who want to have support and witnessing for their deeply personal stories, for stories they've never told before, for stories … [Read more...]

Indie Authors: Get Interviews, Create Platform on YouTube—and more

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 June 28, 2013  11 AM PDT   12 PM MDT  1 PM CDT  2 PM EDT  Teleseminar  for Members of National Association of Memoir Writers The term "Indie Author" has become part of our popular parlance, much like "Indie Movies" began to be "in" when independent filmmakers realized they could operate parallel to the established system. This is happening now in the writing world, and one of the people celebrating this is Jason Matthews, who has a regular hangout show on Google Plus on Monday … [Read more...]

The Choices We Make & Writing About Others: The Price We Pay | Free Roundtable July 11, 2013 4 PM

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    Laura Davis This roundtable discussion will explore the ethical, practical and emotional issues that we face when we write about real people in our lives, all of whom are bound to have strong feelings about the way they are depicted on the page. Evaluating our own ethical and artistic choices, and coming to terms with their responses (as well as our fear of potential responses), becomes more pressing as we move from personal writing toward publication.    Our Roundtable, with … [Read more...]

From First Time Memoir Writer to Award Winning Author | Free Roundtable June 6, 2013

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We are pleased to have as our guest a non-native English speaker and writer who began writing a memoir with the burning desire to write his story. With the help of coaching, networking, and a lot of hard work, his book Lost Decency just became a finalist in the the prestigious Ben Franklin Awards competition for independently published books.   Atta Arghandiwal, Roundtable Speaker From the terrifying moments of leaving my homeland after the Russian invasion in August of 1980, I had … [Read more...]

From Blah to Brilliant: How to Write Compelling Description | Memoir Member Teleseminar

  May 24, 2013 11 AM PDT   12 PM MDT 1 PM CDT  2 PM EDT    Sharon Lippincott, our May Member Teleseminar presenter, will illuminate  us with tips about how to write great and compelling descriptions--a skill that makes our writing shine. Please join us! Have you ever felt like your writing is a little flat and drab and not known how to fix it? You might have tried amping up adjectives and slipping in similes, but even that wasn’t enough. Don’t be discouraged. This … [Read more...]

What if You Weren’t There? | Memoir Writing in Absentia–Free Roundtable with Judy Mandel

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May 9  / Free Memoir Roundtable Discussion  4 PM PDT   5 PM MDT  6 PM CDT  7 PM EDT For a large part of the story of Replacement Child, I was not present, or even alive yet. A crucial portion of the story, including the plane crash that took my sister’s life, happened two years before I was born. This posed an immediate problem for me as I began to write, as I know it does for other memoir writers who struggle with how to convey parts of their story that they did not witness or … [Read more...]

National Association of Memoir Writers Spring Newsletter: March-April 2013

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Spring, with the fading of snow and cold, tips of new grew crocuses and daffodils, the bursting of blooms in the trees and in the garden, reminds me of the cycles of life, the way that nature parallels our own forays into creative energy as we write our stories. As writers, there’s an ebb and flow to how we create, from moments of silence without words, to the burst of energy and the unfolding of stories, ideas, and memories. We need to keep in mind these waves of energy and creativity, and … [Read more...]

Free Memoir Telesummit–Memoir in the New Millennium

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  May 3, 2013    10 AM-4 PM PDT An All Day Teleconference with Experts in Memoir, Marketing, and Publishing  Sign up to get your audio download for this free event. Memoirs are more popular today than ever—an evolving a grass roots movement where ordinary people, not just the rich and infamous, write and publish their stories. Memoirs are more popular now than fiction. Why? There seems to be a revolution in the personal story world, where thousands of people connect to the worlds … [Read more...]

How to Find Time to Promote Your Book |Sandra Beckwith

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    If you’re like most memoirists, you struggle to find the time to promote your book. You have to make the time for book promotion, though, if you want anyone to discover and read your story.  This is especially important if you’re self-published, because you don’t get even the minimal promotional support that a traditionally published author receives. When you’re self-published, it’s up to you and you alone to get the word out – but you’ve known that all along. Still, … [Read more...]

Why Write A Sequel To Your Memoir? | Susan Weidener

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  Free Roundtable Discussion April 11, 2013 4 PM PDT   5 PM MDT  6 PM  CDT  7 PM EDT You're feeling good because you finally wrote and published your first memoir. Perhaps you feel complete and think you're finished writing about your life. Many of us think that we are complete, but life goes on, and the book you wrote takes on a life of its own—thanks to your readers and audience. You find yourself thinking about another book. Write two books on my life? Will anyone be interested? … [Read more...]