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/story-ordinary-woman-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-ordinary-woman-memoir/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:47:04 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=396 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-ordinary-woman-memoir/feed/ 3 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 Continue reading →]]> 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/meaning-service-peace-pakistan/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/meaning-service-peace-pakistan/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:17:06 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=172 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/meaning-service-peace-pakistan/feed/ 2 0:00:01 On his way down, he lost his way and was taken in by villagers in the Pakistani mountains. Mortenson fell in love with the poor people who protected him. He loved their deep values, their willingness to care for strangers, their loyalty to each othe[...] On his way down, he lost his way and was taken in by villagers in the Pakistani mountains. Mortenson fell in love with the poor people who protected him. He loved their deep values, their willingness to care for strangers, their loyalty to each other, and above all, their desire for learning. To the people who cared for him that night, he vowed to return to build a school for their children. Serving these children became his life's work. Service Jerry Waxler no no