by Linda Joy Myers | Nov 4, 2015 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs
It’s always exciting to talk with an author you’ve admired for many years. Louise DeSalvo is the author of five memoirs, a scholarly book about Virginia Woolf, Writing as Way of Healing and several other books that explore the lives and works of literary giants like...
by Linda Joy Myers | Mar 4, 2014 | Memories and Memoirs, Spirituality and Memoir
It’s 1966, March 4th, and the snow is silently falling, whispering down onto the deserted University of Illinois campus at 8 AM on a Saturday. The moment captures me in its powerful silence, the snowflakes as large as cars, perfect and whole and individually...
by Linda Joy Myers | Dec 24, 2012 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs
As I watch my grandchildren gather around the tree to inspect the packages, lifting, smelling, shaking each one, I think of how symbolic our celebration is at Christmas—the way that we offer gifts, receive them, and count them. What are we measuring? Zoe and...
by Linda Joy Myers | Aug 17, 2010 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs
The release of The Power of Memoir–How to Write Your Healing Story has given me the opportunity to answer questions about memoir writing, from truth to secrets, from families who support the writer to families who threaten to sue if the memoirist tells...