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Aug.10.2010 - 4:49 am
The Underbelly of Eat Pray Love
My memoir, The Guru Looked Good, takes place within the same yogic movement, Siddha Yoga, that Elizabeth Gilbert describes in Eat Pray Love. My story, as a staff member for over...
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Aug.08.2010 - 2:56 pm
A Memoir Writing Studio
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For almost 20 years my husband, Fred, and I have been hosting Authentic Writing studios weekly in our home in Woodstock, NY, as well as in Manhattan and places far beyond! About...
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Aug.07.2010 - 6:35 am
Fresh Memoir on a Sunny Morning
The story continues to unfold, I welcome you to Chapter 26 of Memoir in Progress, the story of what might be called a "private cult" ...the setting is Manhattan, the...
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Aug.03.2010 - 4:33 pm
Fresh Memoir!
Dear Followers of the Tale, I wrote Chapter 24 in last night's workshop and typed it up today under cover at work. If you want to see what our heroine is up to, please take a look...
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Comments from Marta

Aug.07.2010 - 10:27 am
In response to: Fresh Memoir on a Sunny Morning
You Give Me
Courage! thank you, Sharon!
Jul.29.2010 - 10:02 am
In response to: Facing the Darkness and Writing
Thank you again
with great appreciation! m
Jul.24.2010 - 7:57 am
In response to: You'd Never Catch Me Joining a Cult
Thank you, Sharon
Yes, it's a hard thing to describe, and maybe one day I will understand why it happened when it did and why it lasted...
Jul.22.2010 - 7:12 pm
In response to: A BODY'S GOTTA EAT
thought
I am reading Loren Eiseley's extraordinary memoir "All the Strange Hours" in which he describes being a boy riding the...
Jul.22.2010 - 7:08 pm
In response to: The Cut
Thank you
Thanks, Mylene. The memoir is unfolding, one step at a time. Yes, I looked you up, hoping you had written memoir -- as...
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About Marta

I'm the author of the memoir The Guru Looked Good that covers my many years in the bowels of a well known "spiritual" organization, from what drew me in, to how it was to be there, backstage at the side of the guru, and how I found my way out. I...
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I have supported Obama since before he declared his candidacy. I particularly support organizations that advocate for animals.