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Your Story Matters

The National Association of Memoir Writers

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Start with Taste of Memoir. Our free four week mini-course and receive an introduction to the world of memoir writing.

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Take our 30 Day Memoir Writing Challenge, an online course, where we start you off on your journey toward a completed memoir manuscript.

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Through NAMW, you can opt for direct one-on-one coaching with our founder, Linda Joy Myers.

We Help Writers Become Memoirists

We believe in the Power of Memoir Writing! Find your voice and tell your story. Learn about the benefits NAMW has to offer.

Our next monthly Virtual Book Club Discussion: Andrea Jarrell discusses How to Make Your Memoir a Page Turner on June 14, 2018 – 4 PM PT – 7 PM ET.

Join us for our June member teleseminar featuring Carolyn Howard-Johnson with “Your Dream Come True: It’s Never Too Early or Too Late to Market Your Memoir” on June 15, 2018 at 11 am PDT / 2 pm EDT.

Jing Li is this month’s featured member.  She writes in her memoir The Red Sandals, “I was born into China’s second class masses of peasantry after miraculously dodging my mother’s heavy wooden washboard…”

Your Story Matters. Be Brave. Persist.

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