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/markley-interview-part-4/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/markley-interview-part-4/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:43:03 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=853 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/markley-interview-part-4/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/markley-interview-part-3/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/markley-interview-part-3/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:50:33 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=850 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/markley-interview-part-3/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/courage-walk-review/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/courage-walk-review/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:50:51 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=817 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/courage-walk-review/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fear-publish-ten-more-tips/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fear-publish-ten-more-tips/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:27:41 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=772 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/fear-publish-ten-more-tips/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/social-anxiety-10-tips/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/social-anxiety-10-tips/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:34:39 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=766 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/social-anxiety-10-tips/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-courage/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-courage/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:17:52 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=641 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/philadelphia-courage/feed/ 1 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-sexual-abuse/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-sexual-abuse/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:18:34 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=564 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-sexual-abuse/feed/ 5 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/senior-adult-storyteller/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/senior-adult-storyteller/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:10:10 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=466 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/senior-adult-storyteller/feed/ 8 0:07:08 When I see wrinkles, around my own eyes or someone else's, I think of all the experiences hidden behind them, decades of life now strewn throughout the vast tundra of the mind. If only I could know those memories, they might teach me important lesso[...] When I see wrinkles, around my own eyes or someone else's, I think of all the experiences hidden behind them, decades of life now strewn throughout the vast tundra of the mind. If only I could know those memories, they might teach me important lessons and they certainly would bring deeper appreciation for the journey. What had those eyes seen? But memories are unknowable in their scattered and disorganized state, and until recently, I was one of the multitudes who had no inkling of how to convert a lifetime of memories into a story. Now, as I scan my life, I think I see the reason. Aging, Family Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-author-talks-about-writing-sharing-and-healing/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-author-talks-about-writing-sharing-and-healing/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:58:27 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-author-talks-about-writing-sharing-and-healing/ Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-author-talks-about-writing-sharing-and-healing/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/unbearable-courage-of-living/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/unbearable-courage-of-living/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:05:11 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/unbearable-courage-of-living/ Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/unbearable-courage-of-living/feed/ 1 0:00:01 By Jerry Waxler To become more knowledgeable about living, I try to find out as much as I can about dying. This is easy information to find, because writers have so much to say on the subject. Death is such an important topic, Hemingway suggested to[...] How one memoir author takes us an ordinary journey with extraordinary courage. Trauma Jerry Waxler no no