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/gwartney-memoir/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/gwartney-memoir/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:50:48 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=1146 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/gwartney-memoir/feed/ 0 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-fame-tenacity-writers/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-fame-tenacity-writers/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:06:27 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=514 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/celebrity-fame-tenacity-writers/feed/ 4 0:08:19 Furthermore, famous people exert enormous power in our culture, and unless I break down and read their memoirs, I'm going to remain ignorant about them. So when an online friend suggested that Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" was authentic and intr[...] Furthermore, famous people exert enormous power in our culture, and unless I break down and read their memoirs, I'm going to remain ignorant about them. So when an online friend suggested that Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up" was authentic and introspective I decided to give it a try. It turned out to be an excellent book about a boy's climb from ordinary childhood to international fame. Celebrity Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:29:36 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=449 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/yin-yang-dramatic-tension/feed/ 3 0:07:09 Each story shows characters caught in the emotions and circumstances of ordinary life, and yet despite their ordinariness, I feel engaged in their struggles, turning the page to learn more. As I seek to understand how Susan Muaddi Darraj has accompl[...] Each story shows characters caught in the emotions and circumstances of ordinary life, and yet despite their ordinariness, I feel engaged in their struggles, turning the page to learn more. As I seek to understand how Susan Muaddi Darraj has accomplished her hold on me, I notice a particular feature of the writing. She has superbly tapped the power of opposites. Family Jerry Waxler no no