Tuning into Your Memoir Stories

The NAMW telesummit event is still going on–if you are still listening and learning from the audios. The event for me was all about being immersed in the world of story, creativity, and a sensual spring day. From my window I  had a great view of my wisteria, and the birds and bees that nuzzled into [...]

Nov. 2009: Tap Into Your Creativity with Mary E. Knippel

Date: November, 2009 Guest Speaker: Mary E. Knippel Times: 11 am Pacific | 12 noon Mountain | 1 pm Central | 2 pm Eastern Cost: Free for NAMW Members Become A Member of NAMW Today to take part in this teleseminar! Would you like to learn how to boost your immune system and reduce your [...]

October 16, 2009: Writing Nonfiction in November – Styles of Nonfiction WritingNina Amir

Nina Amir, an author, journalist, nonfiction editor/coach/consultant and founder of Write Nonfiction in November, will chat with us about her yearly blog and challenge, which begins next month. Called “Write Nonfiction in November” (www.writenonfictioninnovember.wordpress.com), it is her response to National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO), a contest that has fiction writers writing 50,000 words in 30 days during November. Her blog challenges nonfiction writers to spend the month of November writing and completing a work of nonfiction.

[September 17, 2009] FREE Workshop PREVIEW Teleseminar with Kim Pearson & Linda Joy Myers: Your Memoir and History – What Part Did You Play in 1984?

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Your Memoir and History –What Part Did You Play in 1984?
FREE PREVIEW Teleclass with Kim Pearson & Linda Joy Myers

September 17, 2009 Thursday 4PM PST, 7PM EST

Join us in this free one-hour conversation between Kim Pearson and Linda Joy Myers of the National Association of Memoir Writers (www.namw.org), [...]

[September 25, 2009] [10 Week Workshop] Fall schedule: Advanced Writing a Healing Memoir TeleWorkshop with Linda Joy Myers

[ September 25, 2009; 8:00 am; October 2, 2009; 8:00 am; October 9, 2009; 8:00 am; October 16, 2009; 8:00 am; October 23, 2009; 8:00 am; October 30, 2009; 8:00 am; November 6, 2009; 8:00 am; November 13, 2009; 8:00 am; December 4, 2009; 8:00 am; ] [caption id="attachment_553" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D."][/caption]
Fall schedule: Advanced Writing a Healing Memoir TeleWorkshop
Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D., President of NAMW

This advanced group is for those who have begun to explore the significant events in their lives and have written the early stories of their memoir. The writers in this group will deepen their progress [...]

[Workshop] Playing Your Part on the World Stage: How Your Memoir Intersects with History

[ October 1, 2009; 4:00 pm; October 8, 2009; 4:00 pm; October 15, 2009; 4:00 pm; October 22, 2009; 4:00 pm; October 29, 2009; 4:00 pm; November 5, 2009; 4:00 pm; ] Playing Your Part on the World Stage: How Your Memoir Intersects with History
Take a gallop back in time, to the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with author, ghostwriter and historian Kim Pearson, and discover how you participated in and contributed to the events and trends of those times. Yes, if you were 7 or 77, what [...]

[September 11, 2009] [NAMW Member-only Teleseminar] Critiquing Memoir: Being Professional with the Personal with Guest Speaker Becky Levine

[ September 11, 2009; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]

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Critiquing Memoir: Being Professional with the Personal
Guest Speaker: Becky Levine
Date: September 11, 2009
Times: 11 am Pacific | 12 noon Mountain | 1 pm Central | 2 pm Eastern
Cost: Free for NAMW Members
Become A Member of NAMW Today to take part in this teleseminar!

Anyone who’s been [...]

[August 7, 2009] Jordan Rosenfeld

Make a Scene: Learn to master the miracle tool of good fiction writing for your memoir
Guest Speaker: Jordan Rosenfeld
Topic: Make a Scene: Learn to master the miracle tool of good fiction writing for your memoir
Date: August 7, 2009
Times: 11 am Pacific | 12 noon Mountain | 1 pm Central | 2 pm Eastern
Cost: Free for [...]

[June 18, 2009] Sheila Bender

Essay, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction—what are they? Sheila Bender began her studies in writing poetry in Seattle, WA where she eventually received an MA in Creative Writing in l982. She has taught creative writing in the NW, CA, and AZ as a guest writer-in- residence and a visiting teacher in university and continuing education settings. Read more about Shiela Bender here.

[May 14, 2009] Kendra Bonnett

What to do if you can’t find an agent…and even if you do
Date: May 14, 2009
Times: 11 am Pacific | 12 noon Mountain | 1 pm Central | 2 pm Eastern
Note: This teleseminar is an exclusive free benefit for NAMW members. An email reminder with the teleseminar call-information will be sent to all NAMW members [...]

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