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/fact-fiction-interview/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fact-fiction-interview/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:07:36 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=742 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fact-fiction-interview/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-enemies-to-friends/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-enemies-to-friends/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:50:31 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=729 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-enemies-to-friends/feed/ 7 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-spirituality-cancer/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-spirituality-cancer/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:16:45 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=599 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-spirituality-cancer/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-workshop-story/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-workshop-story/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:02:02 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=595 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-workshop-story/feed/ 3 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-genre/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-genre/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:13:43 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=587 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-genre/feed/ 5 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/community-writers-group-grant/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/community-writers-group-grant/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:33:58 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=382 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/community-writers-group-grant/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-fourth-step/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-fourth-step/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:13:08 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=252 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-fourth-step/feed/ 1 0:07:46 Now, as I study memoir writing, I believe I have stumbled upon another connection with the Twelve Steps. The Fourth Step says, "We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." The goal of taking this inventory is to replace vague sor[...] Now, as I study memoir writing, I believe I have stumbled upon another connection with the Twelve Steps. The Fourth Step says, "We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." The goal of taking this inventory is to replace vague sorrows of "having messed up," with more detailed information. It's an important exercise for addicts who, in their pressure to obtain the next buzz, overrode their conscience more often than they would like to remember. Addiction Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-stories-conference/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-stories-conference/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:58:42 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=242 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-stories-conference/feed/ 13 0:10:20 The keynote speech turned out to be invigorating and freeing. Beth Kephart, whose work I did not know, started as a memoir writer, who, as her career proceeded, extended her writing to other forms, most recently winning awards as a young adult novel[...] The keynote speech turned out to be invigorating and freeing. Beth Kephart, whose work I did not know, started as a memoir writer, who, as her career proceeded, extended her writing to other forms, most recently winning awards as a young adult novelist. As her writing skills and interests develop, Beth follows her creative compulsion and then finds people who understand it. That is the refreshing message I drink in; it's okay to speak from my heart and then find a market, rather than the other way around. Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-image-in-society/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-image-in-society/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:42:21 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=138 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-image-in-society/feed/ 3 0:00:01 A memoir shows we're all connected "No person is an island" - we are on our individual life journey in company with society. Review this memoir to see how your story relates to the world. Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/exclusive-interview-xujun-eberlein-2/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/exclusive-interview-xujun-eberlein-2/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 12:23:57 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=135 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/exclusive-interview-xujun-eberlein-2/feed/ 9