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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>Interview with Susan Weidener About Memoir Workshops Pt 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The women find themselves writing about things that had "gathered cobwebs" over the years.  Once they put pen to paper and write it, the power of that memory or that time in their lives to hurt and cause anguish is taken away.  Afterwards, they tell me they feel at peace with it.  I’m not a therapist, but I can see they feel empowered.  So the writing is a way to heal, a way to make sense of our lives.  <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-with-susan-weidener-about-memoir-workshops-pt-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Susan Weidener About Writing Her Memoir Pt 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I was intrigued by self-publishing. It is very exciting. You own the copyright to your work; royalties are a lot higher than through a traditional publisher because you take the risk.  As a deadline-oriented person, I felt it was crucial to know the book would be published and not get stuffed in a drawer.  I also wanted the book as a way to encourage others to think about writing their stories. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-susan-weidener-pt3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Susan Weidener About Writing Her Memoir Pt 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote at least eight drafts before I was satisfied with the final version. I gave a copy of the completed manuscript to a former colleague from The Philadelphia Inquirer and to a family therapist.  Both provided additional editing and copy editing.  Of course, I edit manuscripts myself, but there is no way you can edit your own work.  You need an objective person, a professional. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-susan-weidener-pt2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Memoir Author Susan Weidener About Honesty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By accepting my flaws, I found a place of healing.  Why wasn’t I kinder to him at the end of his life?  That question haunted me for years.  As I wrote my memoir, I began to see how almost anyone would have reacted much like I did when confronting the loss of their dreams, the person they loved more than any other.  Chronic illness affects an entire family, not just the person going through it.  Our society has a very difficult time dealing with death.  One of my hopes with Again in a Heartbeat is that showing my imperfections and what I went through as John’s illness progressed and he pulled away from me, helps others in similar situations be kinder and more forgiving to themselves. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-susan-weidener-pt1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Markley Interview Part 6: Post-publication blues?</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/markley-interview-part-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It's really rare to get an opportunity like this: to be young and single and unattached and constantly inspired and ferociously hungry. There aren't enough hours in the day to get every idea I have onto paper. I sometimes blink and wonder if all this has actually happened for me.  <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/markley-interview-part-6/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview about crossing from academic to popular writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert: Some of my writing has been what could be called " academic" in this context. Especially academic journal  articles, etc.  But I have always liked to think of myself as a "public" person in this regard. Much of my work has been out in the community, trying to convince people that reading and discussing literature is a worthwhile activity, perhaps one of the more important ways to keep us human.  <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-academic-popular-writing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Learn the inner and outer dimensions of memoir writing</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/power-memoir-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And then, Linda Joy goes beyond craft and turns inward towards the heart of the matter. As a professional psychotherapist, Linda Joy helps her clients work through their memories. In this book, she performs a similar service for aspiring memoir writers. In hefty, substantive chapters like "Psychology of Memoir Writing," "The Dark Stuff," and "The Power of Writing to Heal" Linda Joy provides excellent guidance to help you decipher your memories and bring them to the page. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/power-memoir-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A leader of memoir writers tells her own story</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-linda-joy-myers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I studied literature it seemed so obvious to me that writing had a psychological component, but in the lit classes this was almost never acknowledged. I'd always thought I wanted to bring the two together somehow, but for a long time couldn't see how to do it. I kept working on my own writing, and then the studies by Dr. Pennebaker and others were published. After I discovered that exciting research, I had a sense of how to integrate my version of healing and psychology with writing--through writing healing stories. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-linda-joy-myers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Answers to Frequently asked questions about &#8220;How to write a memoir&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/answers-to-frequently-asked-questions-about-how-to-write-a-memoir/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/answers-to-frequently-asked-questions-about-how-to-write-a-memoir/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As our days slip into the past, we toss the memories into the storage bins of mind where they grow dusty and tangled. As we look back on them in their disorganized state, naturally they look unkempt. In raw form, memories are merely a conglomeration, not a story.

When someone tells you about any event, whether a baseball game, a childhood memory, or a tour of duty on a battlefront, your interest will be generated as much by the shaping of the story as by the actual experience. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/answers-to-frequently-asked-questions-about-how-to-write-a-memoir/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lord of the Flies in Los Angeles: The terrible logic of uncivilized boys</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[William Golding's book "Lord of the Flies" created a sense of terror at the Shadow Side that lurks within the human heart. Salzman did the opposite. He showed me a glimpse of compassion where I least expected it. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/writing-enemies-to-friends/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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