Your story has the power to heal you—and move everyone who reads it.
NAMW has guided memoir writers through craft, courage, and healing for over 35 years. Join a community led by award-winning author and memoir coach Linda Joy Myers—and finally write the story only you can tell.
Workshops and Classes
The Times They Were a-Changin’: Writing Group for Women
An eight week writing group for women who lived through the ’60s and ’70s. Gather your photos, journals and music, and write the stories only you can tell, with Linda Joy Myers.
Tangled Up in Blues—Writing Through Trauma
NAMW Memoir Panel—Free to All | October 14, 2026 | 3-4:30 PM PDT | 6-7:30 PM EDT
Memory and Imagination: The Alchemy of the Unconscious
October 22, 2026 | 2-3:30 PM PDT | 5-6:30 PM EDT | Price: $69 (NAMW Members) | $79 (Non-Members)
This Month at NAMW
October Member Event
Mimi Nichter Revealing Our Hidden Stories: Writing about Trauma October 23, 2026 11 AM PDT | 12 PM MDT | 1 PM CDT | 2 PM EDT Are you holding on to...
October Virtual Book Club
Kerry Neville Momma May Be Mad: A Memoir October 8, 2026 4 PM PDT | 5 PM MDT | 6 PM CDT | 7 PM EDT Sign Up Here How Do You Write a Memoir When You...
September Member Event
Sands Hall SHOWING & TELLING: Storytelling Essentials September 25, 2026 11 AM PDT | 12 PM MDT | 1 PM CDT | 2 PM EDT Writers are often told,...
Latest Articles
How to Heal Your Heart
Linda Joy Myers Writing heals! When you take out a notebook and pen to write about your feelings, you may not realize that you’re taking an...
Healing, Teaching and Communing Through Memoirs for Over 20 Years!
Hi I’m Jerry Waxler, a therapist and memoir teacher. To tell you the origin story of my decades-long relationship with Linda Joy Myers and NAMW, I...
Writing Truth in Memoir—a Perilous Path
Linda Joy Myers Memoir writing carries risks of family reactions, anger, and exposure. It also can be freeing and healing. Writers need to have a...
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