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Thank you for Registering for the Spring 2010 Memoir Writing Telesummit!
The details you need to participate can be found below.
5 Sessions with 6 Speakers on the Topic of Writing and Publishing Memoir with a Free Audio Download of Each Session that will be sent to you via email within a week following the FREE conference!
Event: National Association of Memoir Writers Day-Long Free Teleconference
Topic: Memoir Writing—From Transformation to Publication
Cost: FREE
Date: Friday April 16, 2010
Time: 10 AM PDT-4 PM PDT
Telephone Conference Call-in Number: 712-432-0075
Participant Code: 446232
*Please note: Due to recording time limit restrictions, you will need to dial in for each session separately. For example, if you choose to participate in the 10:00 AM PDT session, you will need to hang up when that call ends and dial in again for the next session using the same telephone conference call-in number and participant code. And remember, whether you are able to participate in the live calls or not, you will receive a link to an audio recording of each session within the week following the telesummit!
Please join us for our annual free National Association of Memoir Writers Teleconference on Friday April 16, 2010! At NAMW, we know it’s important to join a community of talented writers, creators, editors, and publishers as you develop your knowledge of craft. Learning how to create a memoir from bits of memory, fragments of poetry, dreams, and journals is an important step in your literary life. Many memoir writers are lost when it comes to making the transition from transformational writing into the world of a completed work, to finding an agent and a publisher. So in this teleconference lead bywith respected experts you will discover the knowledge you need to create your memoir and birth it into the world—from transformation to publication.
We’ve summarized each of the sessions below, but be sure to click on the topic hyperlink for each session to learn more about the topic of discussion as well as the presenters for each respective topic.
We’ve assembled some of the best and the brightest talent in memoir writing for this exciting one day event!
The virtual teleconference will be audio tape-recorded and by signing up below you will receive the link to an audio download within a few days following the completion of the last session–of the entire conferenceafter the conference is over. That’s right, not just a free download of one session, but of all 5 teleconference sessions!We look forward to having you join us for this wonderful, informative day with professionals who will help you get to your important next steps in your memoir journey.
NAMW Telesummit 2010 Schedule
Below is our schedule indicating the times, topics and speakers for the NAMW Telesummit happening on April 16th, 2010.Click on the topic link to visit full details.
Topic | Speaker | Time | Session Length |
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| The Power of Memoir to Heal and Transform: An Interview with the Author | Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D., NAMW Founder & President, Interviewed by Kay Adams, Director of Center for Journal Therapy | 10:00 AM PDT | 11:00 AM MDT | Noon CDT | 1:00 EDT | 1 Hour |
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| Transforming a Journal Into Memoir | Denis LeDoux, MA, Founder The Soleil Lifestory Network | 11:15 AM PDT | 12:15 PM MDT | 1:15 PM CDT | 2:15 PM EDT | 1 Hour |
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| Manifesting Your Memoir | Kay Adams, LPC, Director of Center for Journal Therapy | 12:30 PM PDT | 1:30 PM MDT | 2:30 PM CDT | 3:30 PM EDT | 1 Hour |
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| Making a Memoir Compelling | Sheila Bender, MA, renowned poet, essayist, and workshop leader | 1:45 PM PDT | 2: 45 PM MDT | 3: 45 PM CDT | 4:45 PM EDT | 1 Hour |
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| Write Important Books—Attract an Agent and Publisher | Verna Dreisbach, Literary Agent and Alan Rinzler, Executive Editor at Jossey Bass publishers | 3:00 PM PDT | 4:00 PM MDT | 5:00 PM CDT | 6:00 PM EDT | 1 Hour |
Thank you for these opportunities to learn about the art of memoir creation
Wondering how to integrate in memoir writing with life coaching of boomers.
Thank you for all the wonderful work you do. I am motivated, educated,inspired and appreciative of everything I read or experience as a member of this assoiciation.
Lee. Q. Miller
Legacies and Legends
Thank you, Linda Joy, for this incredibly powerful and rich gathering of speakers. Like a comment before this, I find myself deeply motivated and inspired by all the information and people who have spoken. Particularly after this session by Kay Adams, I intend to complete my womenslegacy.com website with links to all these amazing stories, people, opportunities. Thank you for completing your vision of NAMW!
Dear Donna,
Just wanted to touch base to make sure you received the link to the audio downloads yesterday. Email me at info@namw.org if you did not.
Kind regards,
Staci