Comments for Memories and Memoirs http://memoriesandmemoirs.com Sat, 19 May 2012 16:36:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Blog Tour: Dawn Novotny and her book Ragdoll Redeemed: Growing up in the Shadow of Marilyn Monroe by Dawn Novotny http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/05/blog-tour-dawn-novotny-and-her-book-ragdoll-redeemed-growing-up-in-the-shadow-of-marilyn-monroe/#comment-1385 Dawn Novotny Sat, 19 May 2012 16:36:45 +0000 http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/?p=16858#comment-1385 Hi Jerry, I wasn't on the call with Linda Joy today so you didn't miss anything regarding my book. However, it sounds as if we both missed her teleconference with Amber Lea Starfire which I regret. Thank you for reading my book. I see that you are part of my book tour the first week of June. I look forward to meeting you. Kind regards, dawn Hi Jerry,

I wasn’t on the call with Linda Joy today so you didn’t miss anything regarding my book. However, it sounds as if we both missed her teleconference with Amber Lea Starfire which I regret.

Thank you for reading my book. I see that you are part of my book tour the first week of June. I look forward to meeting you.

Kind regards, dawn

]]> Comment on Blog Tour: Dawn Novotny and her book Ragdoll Redeemed: Growing up in the Shadow of Marilyn Monroe by Jerry Waxler http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/05/blog-tour-dawn-novotny-and-her-book-ragdoll-redeemed-growing-up-in-the-shadow-of-marilyn-monroe/#comment-1384 Jerry Waxler Sat, 19 May 2012 10:36:47 +0000 http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/?p=16858#comment-1384 Darn, I missed the call, but am reading the book. (I'm on the blog tour). Yes, it covers a lot of ground. I can't wait to listen to the call. Her book is bring me into a fascinating relationship with the author as a "real person." I look forward to the whole experience. Jerry Darn, I missed the call, but am reading the book. (I’m on the blog tour). Yes, it covers a lot of ground. I can’t wait to listen to the call. Her book is bring me into a fascinating relationship with the author as a “real person.” I look forward to the whole experience. Jerry

]]> Comment on Journaling Your Way to a Memoir by Miffy http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/05/journaling-your-way-to-a-memoir/#comment-1383 Miffy Sat, 19 May 2012 03:41:46 +0000 http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/?p=16848#comment-1383 In answer to this week's email I want to add I have boxes full of journals. I discovered it as a way of processing the painful journey away from my mother, a mother who could not mother. In time I discovered she has Narcissistic Personality Disorder and so I wrote it, talked about it too. It seems I have been writing my memoir forever. All about my life with mother, my stolen identity, all aimed at trying to recover and recover me. I find it difficult to deal with the concept of publishing all of this. There is not a lot of acceptance of NPD and daughters often are "blamed" for the problem as they are usually the scapegoats. I feel there is a need to publish my story, just as Linda has done. How good it was to read of others' problems with their mothers Linda ! However I am such a private person I have a deep fear of publishing this work and seem to make no progress on the memoir for this very reason. Do I fear family backlash ? Probably because I have fought long and hard to make progress on separation from them. I do believe I can write and would love to do so, but the pain and fear is getting in my way. Any comments would be welcome In answer to this week’s email I want to add I have boxes full of journals. I discovered it as a way of processing the painful journey away from my mother, a mother who could not mother. In time I discovered she has Narcissistic Personality Disorder and so I wrote it, talked about it too.

It seems I have been writing my memoir forever. All about my life with mother, my stolen identity, all aimed at trying to recover and recover me.

I find it difficult to deal with the concept of publishing all of this. There is not a lot of acceptance of NPD and daughters often are “blamed” for the problem as they are usually the scapegoats. I feel there is a need to publish my story, just as Linda has done. How good it was to read of others’ problems with their mothers Linda !

However I am such a private person I have a deep fear of publishing this work and seem to make no progress on the memoir for this very reason. Do I fear family backlash ? Probably because I have fought long and hard to make progress on separation from them.

I do believe I can write and would love to do so, but the pain and fear is getting in my way.

Any comments would be welcome

]]> Comment on Blog Tour: Dawn Novotny and her book Ragdoll Redeemed: Growing up in the Shadow of Marilyn Monroe by Dawn Novotny http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/05/blog-tour-dawn-novotny-and-her-book-ragdoll-redeemed-growing-up-in-the-shadow-of-marilyn-monroe/#comment-1380 Dawn Novotny Fri, 18 May 2012 19:18:46 +0000 http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/?p=16858#comment-1380 Hi Linda Joy, Thank you for hosting my book today. I am thrilled to be with you on, National Association of Memoir Writers, as part of the WOW blog tour. With great patience and expertise, you have mentored, inspired and taught me English, as an aside, while you guided the birth of my book into its current publication. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are truly one of my wingless angels. Love to you, dawn Hi Linda Joy,

Thank you for hosting my book today. I am thrilled to be with you on, National Association of Memoir Writers, as part of the WOW blog tour.

With great patience and expertise, you have mentored, inspired and taught me English, as an aside, while you guided the birth of my book into its current publication.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are truly one of my wingless angels.

Love to you, dawn

]]> Comment on Blog Tour: Dawn Novotny and her book Ragdoll Redeemed: Growing up in the Shadow of Marilyn Monroe by Blog Tour by Nationial Association of Memoir Writers http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/05/blog-tour-dawn-novotny-and-her-book-ragdoll-redeemed-growing-up-in-the-shadow-of-marilyn-monroe/#comment-1379 Blog Tour by Nationial Association of Memoir Writers Fri, 18 May 2012 19:02:18 +0000 http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/?p=16858#comment-1379 [...] Blog Tour: Dawn Novotny and her book Ragdoll Redeemed: Growing up in the Shadow of Marilyn Monroe   By Linda Joy Myers Leave a Comment [...] [...] Blog Tour: Dawn Novotny and her book Ragdoll Redeemed: Growing up in the Shadow of Marilyn Monroe   By Linda Joy Myers Leave a Comment [...]

]]> Comment on Journaling Your Way to a Memoir by Linda Joy Myers http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/05/journaling-your-way-to-a-memoir/#comment-1378 Linda Joy Myers Fri, 18 May 2012 17:22:43 +0000 http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/?p=16848#comment-1378 Thanks Lynn! Wow, you have quite a project ahead of you--reading all those journals, but I'm sure they will fuel your creativity and lead you onward to the core of your memoir and the meaning you have gleaned from your experiences. Thanks for stopping by and your comments about my book! Thanks Lynn! Wow, you have quite a project ahead of you–reading all those journals, but I’m sure they will fuel your creativity and lead you onward to the core of your memoir and the meaning you have gleaned from your experiences. Thanks for stopping by and your comments about my book!

]]> Comment on Journaling Your Way to a Memoir by Lynn http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/05/journaling-your-way-to-a-memoir/#comment-1376 Lynn Fri, 18 May 2012 02:43:34 +0000 http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/?p=16848#comment-1376 Hi Linda and Amber, I'm taking this opportunity to put a simple fact in writing: I have oodles of journals. I need to take some time and read everything I've written since last June. In other words I need to stop and read a year's worth of journals. They will fuel the memoir that's evolving in my head. Just thought I'd put that in writing. BTW, everyone, Linda Joy Myers' book The Power of Memoir is excellent and so is Amber Starfire's new book on journaling. Take care, B. Lynn Goodwin www.writeradvice.com Author of You Want Me to Do WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers Hi Linda and Amber,

I’m taking this opportunity to put a simple fact in writing: I have oodles of journals. I need to take some time and read everything I’ve written since last June. In other words I need to stop and read a year’s worth of journals. They will fuel the memoir that’s evolving in my head.

Just thought I’d put that in writing. BTW, everyone, Linda Joy Myers’ book The Power of Memoir is excellent and so is Amber Starfire’s new book on journaling.

Take care,

B. Lynn Goodwin
http://www.writeradvice.com
Author of You Want Me to Do WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers

]]> Comment on Imagining Mother | An Imaginary Memoir by Linda Joy Myers http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/05/imagining-mother-an-imaginary-memoir/#comment-1374 Linda Joy Myers Wed, 16 May 2012 04:35:39 +0000 http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/?p=16832#comment-1374 Dear Ana, I think it would be wonderful to allow your imagination/unconscious to reveal its mysteries to you. There are cells in your body memory who know your birth mother. Listen to them. Let me know how it goes! Dear Ana,
I think it would be wonderful to allow your imagination/unconscious to reveal its mysteries to you. There are cells in your body memory who know your birth mother. Listen to them. Let me know how it goes!

]]> Comment on Imagining Mother | An Imaginary Memoir by Linda Joy Myers http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/05/imagining-mother-an-imaginary-memoir/#comment-1373 Linda Joy Myers Wed, 16 May 2012 04:33:55 +0000 http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/?p=16832#comment-1373 Dear Helen, I'm glad that the post inspired you to think of new ways to write about your mother. Writing takes us places within we didn't know that we had. Let me know how the writing goes! Imagination is a powerful force for healing. Dear Helen,
I’m glad that the post inspired you to think of new ways to write about your mother. Writing takes us places within we didn’t know that we had. Let me know how the writing goes! Imagination is a powerful force for healing.

]]> Comment on Imagining Mother | An Imaginary Memoir by Ana Manwaring http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/2012/05/imagining-mother-an-imaginary-memoir/#comment-1372 Ana Manwaring Tue, 15 May 2012 20:03:51 +0000 http://memoriesandmemoirs.com/?p=16832#comment-1372 These prompt ideas are just wonderful! I'm going to try a couple of them. I especially like the diary entry in the week of my birth. I never knew her in life as I was given up at birth, but I have strange memories of a time before birth when she was my universe. These prompt ideas are just wonderful! I’m going to try a couple of them. I especially like the diary entry in the week of my birth. I never knew her in life as I was given up at birth, but I have strange memories of a time before birth when she was my universe.

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