http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog Hundreds of Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:39:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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/parent-ghost-write-pt3/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/parent-ghost-write-pt3/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:30:39 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1416 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/parent-ghost-write-pt3/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/parents-memoir-austin-3/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/parents-memoir-austin-3/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:07:27 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1388 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/parents-memoir-austin-3/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/parents-memoir-austin/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/parents-memoir-austin/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:05:10 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1377 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/parents-memoir-austin/feed/ 4 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/two-waxler-workshop/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/two-waxler-workshop/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 11:38:49 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1185 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/two-waxler-workshop/feed/ 6 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/conflict-parent-fleshes-in-authentic-psychological-portrait/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/conflict-parent-fleshes-in-authentic-psychological-portrait/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:24:03 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1038 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/conflict-parent-fleshes-in-authentic-psychological-portrait/feed/ 3 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/courage-walk-review/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/courage-walk-review/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:50:51 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=817 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/courage-walk-review/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/robert-waxler-interview-1/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/robert-waxler-interview-1/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 11:22:47 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=795 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/robert-waxler-interview-1/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-mourning-son/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-mourning-son/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 10:27:37 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=786 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-mourning-son/feed/ 2 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 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/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:29:36 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=449 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/feed/ 3 0:07:09 Each story shows characters caught in the emotions and circumstances of ordinary life, and yet despite their ordinariness, I feel engaged in their struggles, turning the page to learn more. As I seek to understand how Susan Muaddi Darraj has accompl[...] Each story shows characters caught in the emotions and circumstances of ordinary life, and yet despite their ordinariness, I feel engaged in their struggles, turning the page to learn more. As I seek to understand how Susan Muaddi Darraj has accomplished her hold on me, I notice a particular feature of the writing. She has superbly tapped the power of opposites. Family Jerry Waxler no no