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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>8 Lessons and Prompts from Tim Elhajj&#8217;s Recovery Memoir</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/elhajj-recovery-memoir-prompts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Relationship between Fiction and Memoir, Interview Pt2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marie Lamba]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tougher the mess, the bigger the lies can be until they are so ridiculous that only the truth will do. Lies, like secrets, are also great story devices. As writers we do highlight elements in life, heightening them to make a story really shine.  In real life you might have one grand humiliating moment, in a book the character can experience a virtual fest of humiliation. Now that's a story. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-marie-lamba-pt2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Young Adult Fiction versus Coming of Age Memoirs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marie Lamba's novel "Over My Head" was described by New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry as "a funny, touching, and at times heart-breaking young adult novel about the search for love." She is also author of the young adult novel "What I Meant..." (Random House), which was dubbed "an impressive debut" by Publisher's Weekly. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-marie-lamba-pt1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir Author Finds Drama in Everyday Life</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-interview-lisa-fineberg-cook-pt3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[None of it was easy and what's true is that if I had decided to write the book immediately after returning to the States, it would NOT have been a humorous book, it would have been a much more serious, angst-filled memoir because Japan was incredibly challenging for me, very painful and an enormous growth experience. But again, with time and perspective, humor wins out and I feel like the humor is a way of saying ‘I'm over it. I win.  Japan 0, Lisa 1.' <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-interview-lisa-fineberg-cook-pt3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Endings of Memoirs: She Returns Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have become accustomed to discovering this structure at the heart of many stories that I like, so I was not surprised to see it peeking out through the pages of  "Japan Took the JAP Out of Me." The author travels from her familiar world of Los Angeles to the land of the adventure, Japan, where she must learn new rules. Inside herself, she overcomes the character flaws of being a spoiled teenager, and gradually becomes an adult. Like every Hero's Journey, the conclusion of "Japan Took the JAP Out of Me" affirms the importance of challenging yourself in order to achieve deeper meaning. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/endings-memoirs-return/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spoiled brat? What does spoiled even mean?</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/spoiled-brat-lisa-cook-pt2/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/spoiled-brat-lisa-cook-pt2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lisa Fineberg Cook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Lisa’s reaction, readers must make a choice. We could either say, "Dear Lord. It’s only a night with an inconvenient sleeping arrangement. Get over it." Or we could cheer for her, the way her husband did. And that is the real charm of the book. Lisa lets us in on the debate she is having within herself. She generates dramatic tension when she feels discomfort, and then relieves the tension when she decides she can do it. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/spoiled-brat-lisa-cook-pt2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural Crossroads: Memoir of An American Princess In Japan</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/cultural-japan-memoir/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/cultural-japan-memoir/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Girls to Women]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each time I turned the page, I learned more about how people must learn about and get along with each other. In each contrast, whether between sexy single and married adult, Japanese and American, charismatic and ordinary individuals, husbands and wives, I feel like I am peering into the heart of the human condition. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/cultural-japan-memoir/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another way to write about childhood, memoir review Part 1</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/ruby-slippers-review-pt1/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/ruby-slippers-review-pt1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming of age]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tracy Seeley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tracy Seeley's memoir, "Ruby Slippers" reminds me of "Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls. In both books, restless parents failed to deliver a safe, stable environment. After each author grew up and settled down, she returned to her chaotic beginnings and tried to knit together the pieces by finding the story. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/ruby-slippers-review-pt1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Publish This Book: The Unbelievable True Story of How I Wrote, Sold and Published This Very Book by Stephen Markley</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/publish-this-book-the-unbelievable-true-story-of-how-i-wrote-sold-and-published-this-very-book-by-stephen-markley/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/publish-this-book-the-unbelievable-true-story-of-how-i-wrote-sold-and-published-this-very-book-by-stephen-markley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boys To Men]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And finally, I imagine college kids themselves would appreciate it. After all, Markley recently emerged from those hallowed halls himself. If I was that age, I would be interested in knowing what to expect. I looked on Amazon to see what other readers thought. Several reviewers liked it as much as I did. The reviews were sort of "positive flames" ranting about how great the book is.
 <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/publish-this-book-the-unbelievable-true-story-of-how-i-wrote-sold-and-published-this-very-book-by-stephen-markley/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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