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Matilda Butler, SheWrites Guest Editor and Co-Founder WomensMemoirs.com

The Writer's Mythic Journey Continues

This week, I hope you’ve been following Gail Straub, author of Returning To My Mother's House: Taking Back the Wisdom of the Feminine, as she shares with SheWrites her story of writing and publishing her memoir. Although she tells a memoirist’s story, she relates it through the five phases of Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey -- a journey that all writers take in their creative efforts. You’ll find a true connection with Gail as she takes you along with her.

Today, we have the penultimate installment where Gail describes The Epiphany. After you read this next phase of Gail’s journey, I invite you to join me on…

Matilda Butler, SheWrites Guest Editor and Co-Founder WomensMemoirs.com





Let Gail Straub and Joseph Campbell Light Your Writing Path

As a writer, you are probably familiar with Joseph Campbell. His career of researching myths across cultures led him to what he called the monomyth. Campbell taught, wrote and spoke at many events. Over time, his work was picked up and used by Disney, Hollywood, musicians, and writers. Perhaps one of the most well-known stories is that George Lucas relied on Campbell’s hero’s journey for the structure of Star Wars.

Gail Straub, author of the award-winning book Returning to My Mother’s House: Taking Back the Wisdom of the Feminine, uses Campbell’s five phases to explain her journey to write…

Matilda Butler, SheWrites Guest Editor and Co-Founder Women's Memoirs





Joseph Campbell and the Writers' Journey

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of introducing author Gail Straub to you. I focused on her award-winning memoir, and today want to tell you a little more about Gail before she continues with the story of her mythic memoir journey. Gail is the co-author of the best selling Empowerment: The Art of Creating Your Life As You Want It, and the author of the critically acclaimed The Rhythm of Compassion as well as the award winning feminist memoir Returning to My Mother’s House. Considered a…

Matilda Butler, SheWrites Guest Editor and Co-Founder Women's Memoirs

Happy Mother's Day and Your Journey as a Writer

Where are you in the midst of your journey as a writer? Do you sometimes feel lost? Feel alone? Not sure where to turn? Overwhelmed? Think you see the light at the end of the tunnel when it turns out to be your ex-husband lighting the candles on his new wife's birthday cake? Whatever your story, whatever your place in your writing life, I'd like to share some guidance on your writing journey thanks to the wise words of author Gail Straub.



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Last week, my business partner Kendra Bonnett was…