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Everything You Need to Know About Writing Memoir…You Didn’t Think You Needed to Know
Everything You Need to Know About Writing Memoir…You Didn’t Think You Needed to Know
How to get on your memoir writing A-game and stay there
Kristi Walter
Jan 12
January Memoir Prompt: Trapped Inside
January Memoir Prompt: Trapped Inside
Have you ever found yourself trapped inside for any reason?
Kristi Walter
Dec 31, 2022
2023 Submission Guidelines
2023 Submission Guidelines
Updated Info for New and Existing Writers
Kristi Walter
Dec 29, 2022
The Memoirist News: Starting Fresh
The Memoirist News: Starting Fresh
Moving into 2023 with a new look and fresh ideas
Kristi Walter
Jan 1
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Alzheimer’s Disease Kidnapped My Mom
Alzheimer’s Disease Kidnapped My Mom
And she no longer recognizes my baby pictures
Vikki Lynn
Jan 21
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Meeting My Fiancé’s Friends for The First Time
Meeting My Fiancé’s Friends for The First Time
Hoping they’d like me and I’d like them
Barbara Carter
Jan 21
Road Trip
Road Trip
Are we there yet?
Stuart Smith
Jan 21
Adventures in Haiti
Adventures in Haiti
“Papa Doc”, the Ton-Ton Macoute, and assorted other characters
Robert Knight
Jan 19
As a Kid, I Was Teased for Not Knowing Popular Songs in English
As a Kid, I Was Teased for Not Knowing Popular Songs in English
Now kids think I’m cool
Missy Crystal
Jan 18
Have You Ever Believed That Your Country Is the Best in the World?
Have You Ever Believed That Your Country Is the Best in the World?
Maybe you should think about it
Val Francis
Jan 18
The Love Question: One Man’s Marriage Proposal Overseas
The Love Question: One Man’s Marriage Proposal Overseas
How I flew from Germany to Boston and then back with a new diamond ring and a clumsy marriage proposal
David Conte
Jan 18
The World from Behind Bars
The World from Behind Bars
Or at least what that feels like . . .
FranMorelandJohns
Jan 18
Trap Door in My Marriage
Trap Door in My Marriage
How I found out I was married to an addict
Vikki Lynn
Jan 17
Trapped Inside a Recurring Nightmare
Trapped Inside a Recurring Nightmare
Decades of panic that continue to haunt me
Amy Annan
Jan 17
A Murder, a Suicide and a Bomb in the Bakery
A Murder, a Suicide and a Bomb in the Bakery
It was a sleepy backwater in the west of Scotland. It was the sort of place where nothing ever happened. There was never any drama …or so…
Soozie Campbell
Jan 17
Trapped in a Destructive Memory of Life, Love, and Happiness
Trapped in a Destructive Memory of Life, Love, and Happiness
I kept myself in an invisible cage
Klara Jane Holloway
Jan 17
Spectacular Views Lay Just Beyond Our Comfort Zone
Spectacular Views Lay Just Beyond Our Comfort Zone
The time we hiked the notorious Angels Landing trail on a whim
Nithya Anantharamakrishnan
Jan 16
Trapped for 72 Days With a Maniac Getting on my Nerves
Trapped for 72 Days With a Maniac Getting on my Nerves
A lockdown story
Nita Pears
Jan 16
Kids: They Grow Up So Fast and Shit on Everything
Kids: They Grow Up So Fast and Shit on Everything
Look Kristi, a colon!
Christopher Robin
Jan 16
What I Learned While Interviewing Refugees In Jordan
What I Learned While Interviewing Refugees In Jordan
And Why I Think My Interviewees Were Afraid Of Me
Georgie Nink
Jan 16
Be Born an Introverted Only Child
Be Born an Introverted Only Child
How different life feels from the inside
Julia Lawrinson
Jan 15
More Confessions of a Former Massage Therapist
More Confessions of a Former Massage Therapist
More crazy, but true stories popped into my head — such as my “silent but deadly” client
KL Simmons
Jan 15
A $15 Taxi Ride in Brooklyn, and a Black Man Became President
A $15 Taxi Ride in Brooklyn, and a Black Man Became President
I celebrated the results of the 2008 election in a way I will never forget
Michelle A. Cmarik
Jan 15
She Died Right In Front of Me
She Died Right In Front of Me
We were the only ones around
Amy Annan
Jan 15
“Clocks” & the Deli of Death
“Clocks” & the Deli of Death
If a single song can renew our faith, this life can’t be all that bad
K. M. Lang
Jan 15
My First Kiss was on a Nude Beach
My First Kiss was on a Nude Beach
Did he know that it was a nude beach when he took me there
Amy Annan
Jan 14
The Great Kindergarten Penny Heist of 1957
The Great Kindergarten Penny Heist of 1957
I turned to a life of crime to feed my sugar habit
Janet Meisel
Jan 14
Left Alone…Lying In Despair on an Old Hollywood Street
Left Alone…Lying In Despair on an Old Hollywood Street
He Just Left Me There.
Kristi Walter
Jan 13
Not All of My Encounters With Police Have Been A Disaster
Not All of My Encounters With Police Have Been A Disaster
They helped to save me once
Eze Ihenetu
Jan 13
Snorkel Walking
Snorkel Walking
Stepping into the mystery
Laura Culberg
Jan 13
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