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/compare-journal-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/compare-journal-memoir/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 10:34:44 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=776 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/compare-journal-memoir/feed/ 3 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-writing-a-memoir-therapeutic/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-writing-a-memoir-therapeutic/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:57:28 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-writing-a-memoir-therapeutic/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-writing-a-memoir-therapeutic/feed/ 14 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/anecdotes-story-beliefs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/anecdotes-story-beliefs/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:02:04 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=359 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/anecdotes-story-beliefs/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/ideas-change-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/ideas-change-memoirs/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:30:11 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=343 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/ideas-change-memoirs/feed/ 6 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/orion-memoir-midlife-crisis/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/orion-memoir-midlife-crisis/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:42:58 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=193 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/orion-memoir-midlife-crisis/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faith-blindness-sight/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faith-blindness-sight/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:15:23 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=160 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faith-blindness-sight/feed/ 7 0:00:01 I felt a little cheated that it took the author so long to start looking within himself. Then I look at my pile of memoirs and realize that most of the authors continue through the darkness for a really long time. Dani Shapiro in "Slow Motion" took [...] I felt a little cheated that it took the author so long to start looking within himself. Then I look at my pile of memoirs and realize that most of the authors continue through the darkness for a really long time. Dani Shapiro in "Slow Motion" took forever to realize she was destroying herself. Jeanette Walls in "Glass Castle" took forever to grow up and get away from the clutches of her weird parents. Addiction, Family, Introspection, Memoirs, Storytelling Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/good-shame-improves-memories/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/good-shame-improves-memories/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:44:33 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/good-shame-improves-memories/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/good-shame-improves-memories/feed/ 5 0:00:01 John Bradshaw teaches me lessons about shame. One Friday night, I drove 50 miles to Philadelphia to hear a lecture by John Bradshaw, the author of bestsellers "Homecoming" and "Healing the Shame that Binds You." He has been writing about shame for so long the Philadelphia Inquirer dubbed him the Shaman of Shame. Despite his world-class credentials, I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend an evening learning about this edgy topic when I could be relaxing at home. But curiosity prevailed, and I'm glad I went. The evening's insights have helped me answer some of the deepest mysteries of my life. My powerful ah-ha resulted from Bradshaw's simple observation that there are two types of shame. Introspection, Trauma Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/relive-your-memoir-by-acting-pursuit-of-happyness/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/relive-your-memoir-by-acting-pursuit-of-happyness/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:49:31 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/relive-your-memoir-by-acting-pursuit-of-happyness/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/relive-your-memoir-by-acting-pursuit-of-happyness/feed/ 12 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/what-to-do-with-regrets-in-your-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/what-to-do-with-regrets-in-your-memoir/#comments Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:23:41 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/what-to-do-with-regrets-in-your-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/what-to-do-with-regrets-in-your-memoir/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/life-and-death-in-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/life-and-death-in-memoir/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:20:06 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/life-and-death-in-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/life-and-death-in-memoir/feed/ 0