The Memoir Revolution

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April 26, 2013

Interview with Memoir Activist – Founder of National Association of Memoir Writers

Associations/Training, Author Interview

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As the leader of NAMW, you are in a sense the orchestra leader. But the analogy isn’t perfect. We are all out here writing on our own and only come together occasionally. How do you see yourself in relationship to this loose conglomeration of writers, teachers, and other participants? Help us understand the role you…

Written by

Jerry Waxler
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
December 4, 2009

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

Literary Non-fiction, Literary Publication, Philadelphia Regional

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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…

Written by

Jerry Waxler
October 21, 2008

My Day at a Writer’s Conference – or – The Benefits of Showing Up

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The keynote speech turned out to be invigorating and freeing. Beth Kephart, whose work I did not know, started as a memoir writer, who, as her career proceeded, extended her writing to other forms, most recently winning awards as a young adult novelist. As her writing skills and interests develop, Beth follows her creative compulsion…

Written by

Jerry Waxler

Tag: Writers

Interview with Memoir Activist – Founder of National Association of Memoir Writers

An agent teaches writers to face their hopes and fears

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

My Day at a Writer’s Conference – or – The Benefits of Showing Up