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	<description>Hundreds of Essays and Interviews to Help You Read and Write Memoirs</description>
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	<itunes:summary>Record the Stories of Your Life, tips, how-to, memoir book reviews, by Jerry Waxler</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Why write memoirs after combat or other trauma</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I began to teach memoir writing, I extended my understanding of how this works. The participants often shared their most painful moments. After they read their passage aloud, something changed in the room. People became more relaxed and open with each other, as if they had gone through the actual experience together. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/why-combat-memoir/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nine Reasons To Read Memoirs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To learn about memoirs, I have been reading them, and the more I read the more I learn not just about the literary form but about life itself. Here is a list of the many benefits I've been finding. While most of the books I've read provide multiple benefits, under each heading I offer a few examples that best represent that particular point. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Elhajj about Writing and Publishing His Memoir</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the anecdotes in the book were ones that I tell in AA meetings or around the dinner table to entertain my kids. Telling a story doesn’t always work the same way as writing a story. You have to make certain adjustments for the page. The audience is potentially different and some things may need more explanation, or transitions to get it to all make sense, but it all came out of that one big insight that I discussed earlier, about my relationship to my son and the program. That was the key to the rest of the book. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/elhajj-interview-pt3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir Interview: A Fresh, Personal Look at Twelve Steps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dopefiend provides a fresh, authentic look at the influence of the Twelve Steps program, which has been written about in many other books. It's a question that arises for many memoir writers: "How do I portray my own individual perspective on a topic that has already received wide coverage?" <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/elhajj-interview-pt2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir Interview: Shame, Addiction and Anonymity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don't think every story I write needs to be about my recovery or my addiction, but evaluating one's life openly and honestly, without shame or fear, is the right path for me. It's like the advice Tobias Wolff wrote to Mary Karr as she set out to write the Liar's Club. "Don't be afraid of appearing angry, small-minded, obtuse, mean, immoral, amoral, calculating, or anything else," Mr. Wolff wrote. "Take no care for your dignity." <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/elhajj-interview-pt1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>8 Lessons and Prompts from Tim Elhajj&#8217;s Recovery Memoir</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dopefiend is about Elhajj's journey to become a complete man, and his desire to be a good father is an important part of that journey. His own son forces him to grow, giving fresh meaning to Wordsworth's famous line, "the child is father of the man." <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/elhajj-recovery-memoir-prompts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming of Age Never Ends</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/coming-of-age-never-ends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[stories of childhood and adolescence, such as Jeanette Walls' Glass Castle and Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes arguably launched the explosion of interest in the memoir genre. However, not all Coming of Age stories proceed from childhood in an orderly fashion.  <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/coming-of-age-never-ends/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Susan Weidener About Memoir Workshops Pt 4</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-with-susan-weidener-about-memoir-workshops-pt-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The women find themselves writing about things that had "gathered cobwebs" over the years.  Once they put pen to paper and write it, the power of that memory or that time in their lives to hurt and cause anguish is taken away.  Afterwards, they tell me they feel at peace with it.  I’m not a therapist, but I can see they feel empowered.  So the writing is a way to heal, a way to make sense of our lives.  <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-with-susan-weidener-about-memoir-workshops-pt-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Susan Weidener About Writing Her Memoir Pt 3</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-susan-weidener-pt3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I was intrigued by self-publishing. It is very exciting. You own the copyright to your work; royalties are a lot higher than through a traditional publisher because you take the risk.  As a deadline-oriented person, I felt it was crucial to know the book would be published and not get stuffed in a drawer.  I also wanted the book as a way to encourage others to think about writing their stories. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-susan-weidener-pt3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Susan Weidener About Writing Her Memoir Pt 2</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-susan-weidener-pt2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote at least eight drafts before I was satisfied with the final version. I gave a copy of the completed manuscript to a former colleague from The Philadelphia Inquirer and to a family therapist.  Both provided additional editing and copy editing.  Of course, I edit manuscripts myself, but there is no way you can edit your own work.  You need an objective person, a professional. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-susan-weidener-pt2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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