memoir writers Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/memoir-writers/ Sat, 31 May 2014 00:30:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Reviewing Memoirs: Do You Cross the Line? https://booksbywomen.org/reviewing-memoirs-do-you-cross-the-line-by-marti-szabo/ https://booksbywomen.org/reviewing-memoirs-do-you-cross-the-line-by-marti-szabo/#comments Fri, 30 May 2014 13:44:07 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=11651 “Stick to the writing!” In workshops as we respond to a memoir piece someone has just read, I remind myself and others that there’s a dangerous line we cross when we don’t stick to the writing. Hearing a personal story written candidly, spontaneously, with no attempts at camouflage, it’s easy to respond with empathy, “oh, you […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/reviewing-memoirs-do-you-cross-the-line-by-marti-szabo/feed/ 27 11651 Keyboard Calling https://booksbywomen.org/keyboard-calling-women-writers-by-nancy-wait/ https://booksbywomen.org/keyboard-calling-women-writers-by-nancy-wait/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:38:58 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8081 Women writers with a calling to the keyboard, I salute you. For you insist on defining yourself, rather than allowing others to do it for you. There is something about you that says I have to be me – whatever the cost.  And you have been willing to pay the price, because for you, there has […]

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