http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog Hundreds of Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 2006-2007 jerrywaxler@yahoo.com (Jerry Waxler) jerrywaxler@yahoo.com (Jerry Waxler) Self-help 1440 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/LearnMemoirCoverFront-small.jpg http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog 144 144 Reading and writing memoirs. Record the Stories of Your Life, tips, how-to, memoir book reviews, by Jerry Waxler memoir, writers, self-help, book-reviews, essays Jerry Waxler Jerry Waxler jerrywaxler@yahoo.com no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fear-publish-ten-more-tips/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fear-publish-ten-more-tips/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:27:41 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=772 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fear-publish-ten-more-tips/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/social-anxiety-10-tips/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/social-anxiety-10-tips/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:34:39 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=766 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/social-anxiety-10-tips/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-courage/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-courage/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:17:52 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=641 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-courage/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-interview-mirriam-goldberg-2/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-interview-mirriam-goldberg-2/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:34:50 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=606 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-interview-mirriam-goldberg-2/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/10-ways-writing-self-development/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/10-ways-writing-self-development/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:20:08 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=592 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/10-ways-writing-self-development/feed/ 6 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/silverman-interview-pt2/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/silverman-interview-pt2/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:18:36 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=574 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/silverman-interview-pt2/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-sexual-abuse/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-sexual-abuse/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:18:34 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=564 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-sexual-abuse/feed/ 5 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-fame-tenacity-writers/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-fame-tenacity-writers/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:06:27 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=514 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-fame-tenacity-writers/feed/ 4 0:08:19 Furthermore, famous people exert enormous power in our culture, and unless I break down and read their memoirs, I'm going to remain ignorant about them. So when an online friend suggested that Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" was authentic and intr[...] Furthermore, famous people exert enormous power in our culture, and unless I break down and read their memoirs, I'm going to remain ignorant about them. So when an online friend suggested that Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" was authentic and introspective I decided to give it a try. It turned out to be an excellent book about a boy's climb from ordinary childhood to international fame. Celebrity Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/senior-adult-storyteller/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/senior-adult-storyteller/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:10:10 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=466 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/senior-adult-storyteller/feed/ 8 0:07:08 When I see wrinkles, around my own eyes or someone else's, I think of all the experiences hidden behind them, decades of life now strewn throughout the vast tundra of the mind. If only I could know those memories, they might teach me important lesso[...] When I see wrinkles, around my own eyes or someone else's, I think of all the experiences hidden behind them, decades of life now strewn throughout the vast tundra of the mind. If only I could know those memories, they might teach me important lessons and they certainly would bring deeper appreciation for the journey. What had those eyes seen? But memories are unknowable in their scattered and disorganized state, and until recently, I was one of the multitudes who had no inkling of how to convert a lifetime of memories into a story. Now, as I scan my life, I think I see the reason. Aging, Family Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-ordinary-woman-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-ordinary-woman-memoir/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:47:04 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=396 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-ordinary-woman-memoir/feed/ 3