"Yesterday's New York Times article: The Outsourced Life. I finally admitted I don't understand life coaches. Why do we need them? Didn't family and friends help us figure out how to conduct our lives?
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"Hi Linda - I remember your writing about memoir as essential writing. somewhere the messages got lost in a kind of limbo (I could not remember my password for a while) and am still battling with private vs. the world. Meanwhile, I hope to navigate…"
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"Hi, Maria, thanks for your comment. I'm encouraged that your novel Dying Unfinished is 192 pages, as the one I am working on now is 160 and I'm struggling to make it longer. Neat that we both wrote about mother/daughter issues. I'm…"
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What I learned about writing (and teaching) memoirs in 2009
1. Everyone, I mean Everyone, has a story to tell.2. People just want to be heard.3. Writing really does heal, if you look for the lessons in even the most painful experiences.4. Despite the naysayers, those who call memoirs "confessional" or self-absorbed, they are as popular as ever. People love to read about how others deal with life.5. Memoir and personal essays are my favorite form or creative writing. I always come back to it.See More
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- Who I am:
- I write memoirs and essays, and features for a weekly newspaper in Bucks County, PA. A librarian in my former life, I share an empty nest with my retired scientist husband and love to knit, walk and quilt when I'm not reading or writing.
- Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:
- http://www.lindawis.com
http://www.lindawisniewski.blogspot.com
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- Off Kilter, Pearlsong Press, 2008
A Cup of Comfort for Sisters, A Cup of Comfort for Women in Love, The Circle Continues, Rocking Chair Reader, Chocolate for a Woman's Soul (anthologies)
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- Bucks County Herald, Bucks County Women's Journal, opentohope.com, obit-mag.com, vibrantnation.com
- My writing is:
- Nonfiction, Memoir, Journalism
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- Story Circle Book Reviews
- My professional associations:
- International Womens Writing Guild (www.iwwg.org) and Story Circle Network (www.storycircle.org)
- I found out about She Writes from:
- a sister writer
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What I learned about writing (and teaching) memoirs in 2009
Posted on December 31, 2009 at 1:24pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
1. Everyone, I mean Everyone, has a story to tell.
2. People just want to be heard.
3. Writing really does heal, if you look for the lessons in even the most painful experiences.
4. Despite the naysayers, those who call memoirs "confessional" or self-absorbed, they are as popular as ever. People love to read about how others deal with life.
5. Memoir and personal essays are my favorite form or creative writing. I always come back to it.
2. People just want to be heard.
3. Writing really does heal, if you look for the lessons in even the most painful experiences.
4. Despite the naysayers, those who call memoirs "confessional" or self-absorbed, they are as popular as ever. People love to read about how others deal with life.
5. Memoir and personal essays are my favorite form or creative writing. I always come back to it.
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 2:30pm on June 11, 2010,
Patty Newbold said…
- There are four of us in She Writes from Doylestown. I love that this place is teeming with writers. Landed here by accident, but still love it.
- At 8:43pm on January 13, 2010,
maria espinosa said… - Hi Linda - I remember your writing about memoir as essential writing. somewhere the messages got lost in a kind of limbo (I could not remember my password for a while) and am still battling with private vs. the world. Meanwhile, I hope to navigate back to your work.
- At 8:54pm on January 1, 2010, maria espinosa said…
- Hi Linda - this is my first comment, actually my first entry into She Writes, although I've been getting mail for months --I agree with you about the fact that people are interested in how other people deal with their own lives. Each life is a private, often painful, uncharted experience, and a memoir is a window through which one can glimpse inside someone else's world.
My most recent work, DYING UNFINISHED, I describe as "terrain between memoir and fiction."
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