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		<title>Interview with an Indian Lifestory Author, Part 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[About six or seven years back, I joined an online writing community, the first for me, which mostly consisted of Americans as members. My interactions with these writing buddies enhanced my knowledge of Americanisms more than American English. That and reading international publications has enabled me to develop a style that I hope appeals to readers from different cultures.]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with an Indian Lifestory Author, Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did not intend to write it like a typical travelogue, as in my memory, the city of Hyderabad shall always remain entwined with the first few months of my marriage. This wasn't just a new city for me; it was the first place I was exploring with my husband. This is where the two of us discovered each other most intimately, while also learning what we individually meant for the other partner. ]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir Author Finds Drama in Everyday Life</title>
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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.']]></description>
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		<title>Memoir Author Offers Writing and Story Insights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My female friendships are such an integral part of my life and my sanity.  They are my 'other husbands' and they are the ones I call when the laundry basket gets too full and the fridge is empty and my hair is a mess and my kids are driving me crazy.  I can literally call them and just give a good primal scream and they say 'I get it. Say no more.' So I wrote this book for them - the ones I know personally and the ones who I imagine would be my friends if I knew them.  They would get the humor, the ridiculousness, the self-effacing attitude.]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Memoir Author Lisa Fineberg Cook</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never been particularly concerned with hiding flaws.  I think flaws make people more interesting and because I look for humor in just about every situation, flaws can be especially funny. As far as learning things about myself, I think I learn more in reflection than I do in the moment.  I’m usually just trying to figure out how to deal with a situation when I’m in it and then later -- sometimes even months or years later, I’ll look back and think how differently I’d handle that situation now, or how valuable that lesson was and I didn’t even realize it at the time. When I’m learning things about myself after the fact, it seems like useful information to be incorporated rather than a revelation.]]></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>
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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.]]></description>
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		<title>Spoiled brat? What does spoiled even mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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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.]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural Crossroads: Memoir of An American Princess In Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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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.]]></description>
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		<title>Is a Travel Memoir Really a Memoir?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In fact, in my perfect world, the book store would have a whole bank of memoirs and autobiographies, including sub-sections for Coming of Age, Overcoming Hardship, and Travel memoirs, to name a few. Here are a few of the features of travel memoirs you might consider when reading your next one, or planning your own.]]></description>
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		<title>Break the Rules! A Travel Memoir with a Twist of Zen</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/zen-memoir-motorcycle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The one rule he didn't break was to put a finite time period on his memoir. He did this precisely. Mark Richardson's wrapper story covers the couple of weeks during which he rode his motorcycle from Minneapolis to San Francisco. It's tight, except for the strange fact that the material actually covers decades. It's a feat of literary legerdemain.]]></description>
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