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/self-concept-trauma/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-trauma/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:55:09 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1139 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-trauma/feed/ 3 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 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/silverman-interview-pt2/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/silverman-interview-pt1/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/silverman-interview-pt1/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:47:14 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=570 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/silverman-interview-pt1/feed/ 8 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 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-sexual-abuse/feed/ 5 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-community-abuse/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-community-abuse/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:33:05 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=472 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-community-abuse/feed/ 2 0:07:49 The testimonials served a different purpose than most memoirs. Rather than being selected for literary merit or completeness of story, these pieces were selected for their moral courage and willingness to communicate. And while this particular book [...] The testimonials served a different purpose than most memoirs. Rather than being selected for literary merit or completeness of story, these pieces were selected for their moral courage and willingness to communicate. And while this particular book may not reach the best seller charts, its effects radiate far beyond these particular individuals. Women Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/mothers-daughter-abandonment/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/mothers-daughter-abandonment/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:03:21 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=231 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/mothers-daughter-abandonment/feed/ 0 0:09:07 This book demonstrates the power of persistence. By crafting the story until she got it right, Linda Joy Myers discovered amidst the wreckage of that little girl's childhood an intact human being, complete with courage, confidence, and dreams. Story[...] This book demonstrates the power of persistence. By crafting the story until she got it right, Linda Joy Myers discovered amidst the wreckage of that little girl's childhood an intact human being, complete with courage, confidence, and dreams. Storytelling transformed her heartbreaking childhood into one stage in a much longer saga. Her suffering and then her healing provide both a tragedy and an inspiration about the wisdom a human can achieve in one life time. Service Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/who-protects-children-rhodes-courter/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/who-protects-children-rhodes-courter/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:25:33 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=226 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/who-protects-children-rhodes-courter/feed/ 0 0:09:37 Foster care as explained by a "graduate" in her memoir "Three Little Words." The foster care system, crucial safety-net for kids, could be improved by learning from this first-hand account from a recent "graduate" Ashley Rhodes-Courter Family Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-author-talks-about-writing-sharing-and-healing/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-author-talks-about-writing-sharing-and-healing/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:58:27 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-author-talks-about-writing-sharing-and-healing/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-author-talks-about-writing-sharing-and-healing/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/bill-strickland-memoir-author-interview-part-1/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/bill-strickland-memoir-author-interview-part-1/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:51:03 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/bill-strickland-memoir-author-interview-part-1/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/bill-strickland-memoir-author-interview-part-1/feed/ 0