by Linda Joy Myers | Nov 21, 2013 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs, National Association of Memoir Writers, Writing Skills
I’m so happy to have Theo Pauline Nestor join us on Friday, November 22 to talk about Five Secrets to Writing an Enduring Memoir Theo’s new book Writing Is My Drink is an inspiring book about how she claimed herself as a writer—and a whole person who...
by Linda Joy Myers | May 14, 2012 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs
My mother Josephine, age 10, with the dark hair. She had lived with her great-grandmother since she was 6. All of humanity has something in common: we were born to a mother. We might not know who she is/was, or we might have been blessed to be bathed in her...
by Linda Joy Myers | May 2, 2012 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs
What is a Memoir? A memoir is an a blend of real and imaginary, a story that reads like fiction but one that is real, based on real happenings, feelings, and people. Because a memoir is about “the truth,” it carries a certain weight. Your readers will throw...