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Mar.22.2013
When the four-year-old daughter of Frank Bures, contributing editor to Poets & Writers, asked him to tell her about the sad and scary parts of his life, he did. As a writer and editor he understood the power of narrative, yet he didn’t understand why his daughter listened so intently to...
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Nov.04.2011
If like me, you can't always make it to these panel discussions on how to get published, you might appreciate, as I do, when someone video tapes one so you can watch it from the comfort of your Lazy Boy or in my case, the Raymour & Flannigan sectional.
This one is quite informative about...
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May.18.2010
When my article, My Dad the Spy, was published in last year’s LA Times, I did something I had never done before: went public with a family secret. It wasn’t telling the public that was hardest, it was telling my family. Each member reacted in their own way but what I see now, looking back, was...
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Apr.27.2010
Hello Everyone!
I just accepted a position at Suite 101 as the Memoir Writing Feature Writer. I write about memoir ethics, ideas and general memoir craft. I'd love if people would read my work or simply leave comments to me about how you write your memoirs. I'd like to interview some writers about...
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Jan.30.2010
Are you an avid reader or writer of memoir? Don't miss Howard Blue's Memoir Reviews, a listing of memoirs in a variety of subjects, plus loads of reviews and info on memoir writing, writers conferences, and more.
Blue, a former high school social studies teacher and well-traveled author of...
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Dec.31.2009
1. That persistence can work--I mean over ten years of writing, rewriting, changing point of view twice and almost giving up. I learned that the book sold on Valentine's Day, while I was at the AWP conference in Chicago--the phone to my ear inside a Kinko's as the wind blew outside. It was...
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Oct.29.2009
Research has shown that writing the truth, writing the stories from the heart, help to heal us not only mentally but physcially as well. Recent brain research proves the research first presented by Dr. James Pennebaker in his studies about the healing power of writing. It's important to allow...
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Sep.15.2009
The best interviewers are the ones who ask thoughtful and probing questions, and who have really taken their time to read a book and consider the writer's intent. On Friday I had the great fortune of speaking with two such interviewers, Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler, of WomensMemoirs.com.
Our...
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Feb.08.2009
The old adage is 'write what you know,' but does this mean you have to tell the truth?
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Nov.21.2008
I am taking a memoir class right now, and memoir teachers are always going for the bone, the inner story, the marrow of your despair. Why? Because no one wants to read about your happy picnics with the whole family on the banks of the Yangtze River, the times you all smiled and laughed and gave...
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