The Memoir Revolution

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April 14, 2011

An agent teaches writers to face their hopes and fears

Publish, Writing Workshop

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However, occasionally I look up to the cathedral in the sky, where happy published writers hang out at tea parties, and I wonder if I will ever gain admission. To learn how to storm those gates, I recently attended an all day workshop on the subject. The event was hosted at one of the region’s…

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Jerry Waxler
August 4, 2010

Stephen Markley Interview Part 6: Post-publication blues?

Author Interview

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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.

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Jerry Waxler
July 20, 2010

Stephen Markley Interview Part 4: Structure of a Memoir

Author Interview

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by Jerry Waxler The first thing that caught my attention when I picked up Stephen Markley’s “Publish this Book” was that it was a parody of itself, a memoir about “writing this very book.” This trick of self-conscious awareness, or “meta” as it has come to be called, played a big role in my thought…

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Jerry Waxler
December 4, 2009

Looking for the onramp at Philadelphia “Push To Publish” writer’s conference

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by Jerry Waxler At the Philadelphia Stories’ “Push to Publish” conference in the Fall of 2009, I peered into a room filled with cabaret tables, each with an editor on one side and an empty chair on the other. Christine Weiser, who along with Carla Spataro organized the conference, stood guard at the door. When…

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Jerry Waxler
June 10, 2007

Publish! How to share your memoir with readers

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Writing feels like a very private act, just between your thoughts and the paper, while publishing by definition exposes you, connects you, lets others in. But it turns out writing and publishing are more connected than they first appear. This entire system of words was developed by humans to communicate with each other. Paper is…

Written by

Jerry Waxler

Tag: Publish

An agent teaches writers to face their hopes and fears

Stephen Markley Interview Part 6: Post-publication blues?

Stephen Markley Interview Part 4: Structure of a Memoir

Looking for the onramp at Philadelphia “Push To Publish” writer’s conference

Publish! How to share your memoir with readers