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/self-concept-addiction/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-addiction/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:04:00 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1171 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-addiction/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-purpose/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-purpose/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:53:42 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1155 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-purpose/feed/ 3 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 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-trauma/feed/ 3 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-launch-group/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-launch-group/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:40:40 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=982 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-launch-group/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-coming-of-age/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-coming-of-age/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:09:47 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=886 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-coming-of-age/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/color-water-mcbride/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/color-water-mcbride/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:49:52 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=582 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/color-water-mcbride/feed/ 6 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/cotton-thompson-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/cotton-thompson-memoir/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:29:34 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=532 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/cotton-thompson-memoir/feed/ 0 0:07:30 At the time of the rape, he was actually home asleep on the sofa, a fact sworn to by members of his family. The all-white jury weighed their testimony against Jennifer Thompson's positive identification. "That's him," she said under oath, and so Cot[...] At the time of the rape, he was actually home asleep on the sofa, a fact sworn to by members of his family. The all-white jury weighed their testimony against Jennifer Thompson's positive identification. "That's him," she said under oath, and so Cotton went to jail. identity, memory Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/identity-moves-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/identity-moves-memoir/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:38:40 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=222 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/identity-moves-memoir/feed/ 2 0:06:42 Character Arc creates memorable journey When two doctors go for a year long "retirement" are they retirees, doctors. Identity is a moving target in any memoir. identity, Storytelling Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/iranian-in-america-makes-love-and-laughter/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/iranian-in-america-makes-love-and-laughter/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:18:25 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/iranian-in-america-makes-love-and-laughter/ Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/iranian-in-america-makes-love-and-laughter/feed/ 3 0:00:01 While Firoozeh's neighbors in the United States weren't sure how to relate to her, I had no such confusion. She took me into her confidence and I saw for myself who she was, thanks to her superb command of the English language, and her clever, ironi[...] While Firoozeh's neighbors in the United States weren't sure how to relate to her, I had no such confusion. She took me into her confidence and I saw for myself who she was, thanks to her superb command of the English language, and her clever, ironic insights. "She's one of us." I thought. And even better, as a recent entrant into the melting pot, she could share her observations about contrasts between two cultures more clearly than someone limited to seeing things only from within one. identity Jerry Waxler no no