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...]
Judy L. Mandel Replacement Child – a memoir Seal Press/Perseus We are so pleased to welcome Judy Mandel to the National Association of Memoir Writers! Judy's blog tour with Women on Writing has brought her to us today. We welcome her discussion on writing about her life--before she was born! Many memoir writers want to know more about this, and we will have another chance to talk about it when Judy joins us for our Free Roundtable discussion here on May 9. Please sign … [Read more...]
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...]
NAMW Member Teleseminar April 26 11 AM PDT 12 PM MDT 1 PM CDT 2 PM EDT As I work with memoir writers, I am privileged to see two sides of them as writers—the part that is eager to write, loves the story, and can't wait to get their unique message out to the world. Then there's the other part—the one who does NOT want to be edited, feels violated by an editor taking a look at the "gold" there on the pages, and who would rather hike 10 miles in the snow than submit anything … [Read more...]
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...]
Workshop dates: April 11- June 6, 2013 3 PM PDT 4 PM MDT 5 PM CDT 6 PM EDT 9 Sessions $390.00 for NAMW members Includes audios, feedback, and handouts Included for free: a paperback copy of my new workbook Journey of Memoir--The Three Stages of Memoir Writing We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. ~Shirley Abbott In this … [Read more...]
Linda Joy Myers It's hard to put into words sometimes how fantastic something is—even as a writer! People are always saying it's important to attend writer's conferences, and while we may think it sounds fun, we open our purses and look inside to see if it's possible. It's true—attending a live writing conference instead of one online includes travel expenses and time away from home. It means changing your life around for several days, and living out of a suitcase. It means … [Read more...]
Roundtable: 4 PM PST 5 PM MST 6 PM CST 7 PM EST We're so pleased to have Suzanne Sherman talk with us during this Free Roundtable discussion about developing your characters in a memoir. We know that they're "real people" yet we have to bring them alive so others can know them too. In fiction, writers give focused attention to creating characters that carry the plot forward. Character motivation is a continuing consideration as they reveal the central and secondary characters … [Read more...]
By Carolyn Howard-Johnson I just read an article/editorial from Jeff Rivers, the founder of http://www.HowToWriteaQueryLetter.com in Dan Poynter’s newsletter. It was titled “What I Learned from Janet Evanovich: Write for your Audience.” It is hard to argue with experts like Jeff and Janet. But I do disagree-or at least mostly disagree. Certainly authors like Evanovich and James Patterson have done very well for themselves and for their readers by “Writing for Your Audience.” I do a … [Read more...]
I hope you're having a Happy Holiday Season! As writers, we search for meaning in the unfolding of events. As we fill and refill our memories banks to help us write our memoir, we can use the present to help us gather new memories, and reflect on the old ones. This year, I’m happy to be celebrating with my grandchildren and my daughter. Miles, 9, and Zoe 6 were circling the tree, inspecting the packages, lifting, smelling, and shaking them. Zoe came to me with a serious face, “Nana, … [Read more...]
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