Category Archives: memoir writing

Researching Your Memoir

A member of Sharon Lippincott’s and Jerry Waxler’s Lifewriters Forum Yahoo Group found a great article by Lisa Koning about the benefits of doing research when writing your memoir or lifestories. Lisa says that while memoir is based on personal … Continue reading

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Everyday Memoirs – How to Write About Your Boring Life

“99.9 percent of people lead boring lives. But every single one of them is trying to make some sense out of his or her existence, to find some meaning in the world, and therein lies the value and opportunity of … Continue reading

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Liar! Famous Memoir Fakes

One after another these days we are seeing high profile memoirs proven to be falsified. The first in this latest series was James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces which was exposed shortly after I published the first edition of Cherry … Continue reading

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