Books on Writing Memoir:
Shimmering Images by Lisa Dale Norton
The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing by Sharon Lippincott
Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art by Judith Barrington
Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir by William Zinsser
The Power of Memoir by Linda Joy Myers
Your Life as Story by Tristine Ranier
Tell-Tale Souls: Writing the Mother Memoir by Lynn Henriksen
Books on Publishing and Marketing:
The Self-Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter
The Complete Guide to Self Publishing by Marilyn Ross & Sue Collier
The Well-Fed Self-Publisher by Peter Bowerman
Red Hot Internet Publicity by Penny Sansevieri
55 Ways to Promote & Sell Your Book on the Internet by Bob Baker
Guide to Publishers and Publishing Services:
Preditors and Editors website
The Fine Print of Self Publishing by Mark Levine
Articles:
History Timeline
Writing a Memoir That Will Sell
Lifewriting Questions for Veterans
Methods of Publishing
Using Lulu.com for Family Memoirs
Is Independent Publishing for You
Educational Memoirs
Amazon’s CreateSpace Publishing
Lightning Source, Inc. for Publishers
Design&Layout (if you must publish using an MS Word document)
Editing Tips
A Writer’s Guide to Defamation and Invasion of Privacy,
by Amy Cook for Writer’s Digest, 12/15/2010
Go-To List for Helpful Indie Resources
(by the Writer’s Guide to E-Publishing) (disclaimer: this is just a list, not advocating)
Interviews and guest posts:
St. Louis Writers Guild Author Series, Linda Austin, 3/21/2013
Publishing Your Memoir, audio interview, National Assoc of Memoir Writers, 9/21/2012
CreateSpace, Lightning Source or Both, on Savvy Writers and e-Books, 8/11/2012
Why I Self Published, with Sharon Lippincott, Heart and Craft of Life Writing, 4/13/2012
Memoir Marketing, with Kathy Pooler, Memoir Writers Journey, 3/26/2012
The Writing of Cherry Blossoms (3 parts), with Jerry Waxler,
Memory Writers Network, 12/2011
Publishing & Marketing, with L.M. Stull, 10/24/2011
