by Linda Joy Myers | Mar 8, 2017 | Blog, Featured, Memories and Memoirs
Today as I got up and remembered that it’s International Women’s Day, I thought about the history of the women in my family–my great-grandmother Blanche who gifted me with her stories from the 19th century, and the idea that hard work is a valued... by Linda Joy Myers | Nov 10, 2016 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs
I just returned from a retreat sponsored by She Writes Press, an event offer by my publisher in gorgeous Boulders Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Brooke Warner, my co-teacher for the Write Your Memoir in Six Months course for the last five years, is also the publisher... by Linda Joy Myers | Nov 8, 2016 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs, Writing Skills
We all have a story to tell, but ah–how to tell it, that’s what keeps us at our desk, scribbling in our notebooks, looking for the scenes and moments that we carry in our hearts. Our job as memoirists is to translate what we know and remember to the page, to put... by Linda Joy Myers | Sep 26, 2016 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs
It’s not a place you might have heard of unless you are thinking of literary sites, but that was my plan—to visit a location where “place” was one of the characters in the story. Haworth is three train rides away from London, and you have to get off at Keithley and... by Linda Joy Myers | Jun 28, 2016 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs
‘Tis the season for writing conferences! As you know, we writers tend to be solitary people—we have to be willing to slave at our desks alone for months and years while we write our book. Some writers are so dedicated to their writing they’re cautious about taking the... by Linda Joy Myers | Jun 21, 2016 | Blog, Memories and Memoirs
Recently I had the privilege of moderating a panel at the Bay Area Book Festival. The panel was titled “Why Write Memoir: A Conversation about Truth, Exposure, and the Genre People Love to Hate.” The title shows a perfect combination of the issues that memoir writers... 