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/dani-shapiro-seeks-spiritual-meaning-through-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/dani-shapiro-seeks-spiritual-meaning-through-memoirs/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:50:59 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1199 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/dani-shapiro-seeks-spiritual-meaning-through-memoirs/feed/ 6 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/spiritual-memoir-skwiot-1/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/spiritual-memoir-skwiot-1/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:14:27 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1084 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/spiritual-memoir-skwiot-1/feed/ 3 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/power-memoir-review/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/power-memoir-review/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:53:58 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=752 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/power-memoir-review/feed/ 4 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-spirituality-cancer/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-spirituality-cancer/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:16:45 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=599 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-spirituality-cancer/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/be-here-now-by-writing-a-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/be-here-now-by-writing-a-memoir/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:39:26 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/be-here-now-by-writing-a-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/be-here-now-by-writing-a-memoir/feed/ 6 0:05:45 When I first heard the phrase "Be Here Now" in the early seventies, it was from the title of a book by Ram Dass. According to the book, the best way to live a full life is to savor your direct experience, whether smelling a flower, watching a sunset[...] When I first heard the phrase "Be Here Now" in the early seventies, it was from the title of a book by Ram Dass. According to the book, the best way to live a full life is to savor your direct experience, whether smelling a flower, watching a sunset, or even when experiencing the sadness of a loss. By paying close attention, you can penetrate the mysteries of the cosmos. As a hippie, I was already ignoring lessons from the past and plans for the future, so I didn't think Ram Dass offered me any value. Philosophy, Spirituality/Transcendence Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/kate-braestrups-memoir-transforms-grief-into-love/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/kate-braestrups-memoir-transforms-grief-into-love/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 11:20:07 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=128 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/kate-braestrups-memoir-transforms-grief-into-love/feed/ 3 0:00:01 On her journey from grief back into full connection with the living, Braestrup sets her sights beyond her personal experience. Through her study to be a minister and her work with the public, she raises huge questions, and then through the magic of [...] On her journey from grief back into full connection with the living, Braestrup sets her sights beyond her personal experience. Through her study to be a minister and her work with the public, she raises huge questions, and then through the magic of storytelling makes me feel that together we can understand it all. Spirituality/Transcendence Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-extends-my-optimism-to-infinity/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-extends-my-optimism-to-infinity/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:41:47 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-extends-my-optimism-to-infinity/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/story-extends-my-optimism-to-infinity/feed/ 4 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-of-an-american-yogi/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-of-an-american-yogi/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:28:26 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-of-an-american-yogi/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-of-an-american-yogi/feed/ 2 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/wisdom-evolves-as-you-live-your-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/wisdom-evolves-as-you-live-your-memoir/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:39:33 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/wisdom-evolves-as-you-live-your-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/wisdom-evolves-as-you-live-your-memoir/feed/ 1