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NAMW Back to School Sale

It’s that time: Back to School! The National Association of Memoir Writers invites you to return to learning and memoir classes and join us for a special sale and gifts to inspire you to start—or continue—to write your memoir.

From August 30th to September 1st at midnight,  the National Association of Memoir Writers is offering $30 off the cost of an annual membership! Just enter SAVE30 at checkout.

Click here to join NAMW or renew your membership!

Back to School and autumn remind me of freshly sharpened pencils and the aroma of new books. I’ve always loved shopping for pens and fresh notebooks. How about you? My new notebook is ready for more stories. This is a great time to return to our writing projects.   

We offer many opportunities to learn about the journey of inspiration, writing, publishing, and marketing. Experts like Sandra Marinella, Judy Reeves, Sue William Silverman, Jerry Waxler, Kay Adams, Jennie Nash, Sandra Beckwith, and Sands Hall have been guests for our Member Events now offered on Zoom, and new guests are invited each year.   

Recently published authors and writers like you, discuss their writing journey at our monthly Virtual Book Club—also on Zoom. Each month, live member only Group Coaching meetings invite you to gather with other memoirists to talk about your themes, challenges, and progress. You’ll get advice and support from me and the group, and make new writing buddies. 

When you become a member, you can access the dozens of downloadable videos of our events. We’re going to KICKSTART our fall learning with a sale on our annual membership!

If you’re working on your memoir, and want to learn craft, get inspired, and have accountability for your progress, please join us. We are eager to support you to get your memoir written and published.

If you’re still unsure about joining, here are a few great reasons why it pays to be a NAMW member:

FREE access to Live Monthly Member Events and FREE downloadable recordings of over 100 archived recordings.

Free downloadable recordings of our past Telesummits, with valuable topics such as From Story to Sold! Becoming a Successful Memoir Author, Truth and Transformation, The Power of Story, Breaking Silence.

Special Member Discounts for workshops, online classes, and webinars

The NAMW e-Book: Memoir Writing as a Healing Journey by Linda Joy Myers.

Breaking Silence–Writing Your Truth in Memoir–an eBook with discussions by Amy Ferris, Amy Friedman, Linda Joy Myers, Sue William Silverman, and Brooke Warner.

All members of NAMW are invited to sign up for the once a month laser Group Coaching sessions with Linda Joy Myers.

Opportunities to share your successes and new publications with other memoir writers and ask questions on our NAMW Members-Only Facebook group.

Special Bonuses!

Special Bonus: Why Tara Westover’s EDUCATED Is an Education in Memoir Writing and Staying True to Story

It’s the rare memoir that comes along and captures national attention with such intensity. Tara Westover’s Educated, published earlier this year to rave reviews, is the story of a girl born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho.

Educated is the newest coming-of-age memoir to land on the best-seller list, proving once again the appetite for stories about lives on the margins.

Class 1: The Power of Place: How to Transport Your Reader to Another Time and Place

Class 2: Imagined Scenes and Speculation: How to Write What You Didn’t Witness or Don’t Remember

Class 3: The Evolution of Characters: How to Make Readers Feel Invested in Your Story and Characters by Showing How People Change, Grow, and Decline

Class 4: Time! A Deep Dive into Where to Position Yourself in Time—Where You Are Now, Where You Were Then, and Tracking Where Your Reader Is in Relation to Where They’ve Been 

Special Bonus:  Mapping Your Memoir 
Video Lessons  

The stories in your memoir can be short or long, fun or deep, personal or universal. In Mapping Your Memoir, you’ll learn about the many ways to write your memoir and finish your stories so you can start sharing them now. Join Linda Joy Myers & Carla King for this inspiring free session.