Memories & Memoirs
blogs by Linda Joy Myers
Breaking Silences: Safe Ways for Memoirists to Tell Their Truths
In July, I spoke at the Story Circle Women’s Writing Conference—a group of bright, energetic, and eager writers of all genres. What moved me most was the look in some of the women’s eyes as they told me how much they needed to hear permission, again, to write and tell...
You CAN Go Home Again–Writing Makes you Free
When the invitation to join our Enid High School 55th graduating class reunion arrived, at first I tossed it aside. Enid, Oklahoma is a long way from California. It takes a whole day to get there by two planes and a car. Would I really connect with "kids" I...
Tracks to My Heart
This is the first chapter of my memoir Don't Call Me Mother--A Daughter's Journey from Abandonment to Forgiveness. This story begins to explore a three generational pattern of mothers leaving daughters--and what necessarily comes in the wake of such troubles. The...
Home–a Place of Memory, Surfing the Edges of Time
I just returned from "home," Enid, Oklahoma, where I read my memoirs and attended my high school reunion--more to come on that. All over town, I encountered places of memory so profound I felt I was surfing layers of time. This photo is of a small lake bordering what...
Through New Eyes: Writing a Second Memoir–Finding the Heart of My Mothers
Yes, I say mothers, plural because my mother's mother raised me after I was six, and I saw my mother once a year as I grew up. In my first memoir, Don't Call Me Mother, my mother, grandmother, and all the other adults who shaped my life were viewed through the eyes of...
Tips to Break Through Your Inner Critic Voices
If you are writing a memoir, or even a novel, and wonder how you can break through the inner critic that silences you, this is a perfect moment to move forward and get unstuck. As a memoir writer, I know how tough it is to confront the forbidden stories and write them...
Meet Linda Joy Myers
Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. is the founder and president of the National Association of Memoir Writers and the author of The Power of Memoir–How to Write Your Healing Story and Journey of Memoir. Her memoir Don’t Call Me Mother–A Daughter’s Journey from Abandonment to Forgiveness is a ForeWord Book of the Year finalist, and won honorable mention in the New York Book Awards and Indie-Excellence contest.
Linda has been a therapist in Berkeley for thirty-eight years, and combines her background in art, clinical work, and writing in her work. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College, and offers memoir workshops and trainings in the Bay Area and nationally. She is former president of the California Writers Club, Marin branch, and a member of Women’s National Book Association. Myers is an award-winning fiction, poetry, and non-fiction writer. Her first book Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story was a ForeWord Book of the Year finalist.
Workshops & Classes
November 19, 2015
SHADES OF BLUE, Los Angeles I'm excited to join Amy Ferris and other authors for the L.A. launch of her new anthology Shades Of Blue. I'll be reading my piece from the book, along with Jennifer Pastiloff, David Lacy, Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, and Hollye Dexter. The...