A memoir can connect you to others in a vibrant and real way—through story.
Writing a memoir helps you find your voice, tell your story, and reach out to others. You start thinking about your memories, moments that make you feel young again, wondering: what is the legacy I’m leaving behind? Find your voice and tell your story. Learn about the benefits NAMW has to offer.
Craft Essentials:
Shape Your Memoir for Success
6 Mondays:
Sept 18, Sept 25, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 16, Oct 23
1-hour classes (4-5pm PT | 7-8pm ET)
Janet Fitch, Rebecca Carroll
E.J. Koh, Jeannine Ouellette
Linda Joy Myers, Brooke Warner
Price: $299
Love Your Book Proposal &
Let It Love You Back
2 Mondays:
November 6 & 13
2-hour classes (4-6pm PT | 7-9pm ET)
Two 2-hour classes
Includes sample proposals &
insights from guest agents in each class.
Price: $199
Sandra Beckwith – September Member Event
Sandra Beckwith Book Marketing Building Blocks for Memoirists September 22, 2023 11 AM PDT | 12 PM MDT | 1 PM CDT | 2 PM EDT If you dread the thought of marketing your memoir, you’re not alone. Most authors – and especially memoir writers – come to book publishing...
October Virtual Book Club
Joanne Greene By Accident—A Memoir of Letting Go October 5, 2023 4 PM PDT | 5 PM MDT | 6 PM CDT | 7 PM EDT Joanne Greene came of age during the 1960s and 70s, a turning point for women in the United States. Doors were opening wider than they ever had, and Joanne...
Patricia Meyer: Featured NAMW Member
As a Black-Market baby, sold for cash along a curb in 1970, I knew one day I’d tell my story. Of the 170,000 infants placed for adoption that year, 9000 were illegally brokered on the black market. I was one of them. The day an unscrupulous attorney handed me to the...
Writing for Healing
Writing stories heals body and soul and is a powerful way to integrate and change our perspective about the past.
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