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It’s the Truth, Y’all

It’s the Truth, Y’all

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  by Anna Mitchael   When I was 23, I wrote a novel about a Southern girl who leaves home and then returns after two decades away.The novel was completely fictitious and had nothing to do with my own story except the theme of leaving the South to make it in...
How Does Your Story Make Your Reader Feel?

How Does Your Story Make Your Reader Feel?

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Jennifer Lauck   When I wrote my memoir Blackbird, I told the truth of how my mother died when I was seven and my father died when I was nine. I also told the truth of how I fell through the cracks of my family support system and found myself both homeless and...

Tuning into Your Memoir Stories

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The NAMW telesummit event is still going on–if you are still listening and learning from the audios. The event for me was all about being immersed in the world of story, creativity, and a sensual spring day. From my window I  had a great view of my wisteria, and...

The MOTHER Box

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For the Unmothered, it’s confusion That comes on Mothers’ Day. Whom should I honor? he shrugs. Mothering is more than giving birth. Aunts, grandparents, and others step in, Yet it’s the Birther gets credit In the Mother box on the tree. (And it begs...