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/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 11:14:17 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/ Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/eight-benefits-of-reading-memoirs/feed/ 9 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/boys-to-men/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/boys-to-men/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:25:01 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=877 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/boys-to-men/feed/ 4 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/serve-earns-fame/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/serve-earns-fame/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:09 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=702 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/serve-earns-fame/feed/ 3 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faq-published-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faq-published-memoirs/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:37:12 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=700 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/faq-published-memoirs/feed/ 3 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/10-brief-memoir-reviews/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/10-brief-memoir-reviews/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:44:17 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=696 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/10-brief-memoir-reviews/feed/ 9 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/annotated-list-memoirs/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/annotated-list-memoirs/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:29:08 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=611 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/annotated-list-memoirs/feed/ 5 http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-lessons-zombies/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-lessons-zombies/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:30:49 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=217 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-lessons-zombies/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Zombie books awaken spirituality Writing lessons for Memoir Writers from Thriller writer Jonathan Maberry Myths, Storytelling Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/escaping-prison-past/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/escaping-prison-past/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:07:55 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=144 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/escaping-prison-past/feed/ 4 0:00:01 I have met many men and women, who start out pointing in one direction, say towards a profession, or marriage and babies, or the family business. Then they end up somewhere else. Often the change in direction leaves them or their parents feeling con[...] I have met many men and women, who start out pointing in one direction, say towards a profession, or marriage and babies, or the family business. Then they end up somewhere else. Often the change in direction leaves them or their parents feeling confused, as if they have disrupted destiny or lost an important part of themselves. 60's, Storytelling, Trauma Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/dani-shapiro-desires/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/dani-shapiro-desires/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:49:51 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/?p=139 Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/dani-shapiro-desires/feed/ 3 0:00:01 Maslow's Hierarchy helps understand this memoir When I try to explain the goal of this memoir writer's life, I need to find a deeper explanation of her desires. Addiction Jerry Waxler no no http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-for-memoir-writers-from-my-first-year-of-blogging/ http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-for-memoir-writers-from-my-first-year-of-blogging/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:50:18 +0000 jerrywaxler http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-for-memoir-writers-from-my-first-year-of-blogging/ Continue reading →]]> http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/lessons-for-memoir-writers-from-my-first-year-of-blogging/feed/ 8 0:00:01 When I wanted to tell my own story, I couldn't figure out how to write in a livelier, more personal style. Then I discovered blogs. Blog audiences expect to know the writer, personally. To fulfill that expectation, I've learned to insert opinions, o[...] When I wanted to tell my own story, I couldn't figure out how to write in a livelier, more personal style. Then I discovered blogs. Blog audiences expect to know the writer, personally. To fulfill that expectation, I've learned to insert opinions, observations, and anecdotes. Blogging Jerry Waxler no no