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Jeannette LeSure commented on the blog post 'How to Write Memoir? 1. Forget Writing Prompts and Exercises 2. Stake Out Your Territory'
While I agree that we can get carried away and even use prompts and exercises as effective avoidance techniques to tell ourselves, well, we ARE writing something, I found two books and a couple of classes to be enormously helpful in getting me going…
Amy Lynn Nolan commented on the blog post 'How to Write Memoir? 1. Forget Writing Prompts and Exercises 2. Stake Out Your Territory'
This is so beautiful. Thank you for your generous spirit and for sharing it. I am slowly working on a memoir that has been "near finished" for two years. I'm struggling not to let writing be "the first to go," when life gets…
Ananda Leeke left a comment for Marion Roach Smith
My writing is going well. I am taking more time to finish my Digital Sisterhood memoir this year. Thank you for asking.
Marion Roach Smith left a comment for Maureen Dunphy
Hi, Maureen.
Many thanks for liking my memoir post.
I hope you'll have a look at my SheWrites page and that we can exchange thoughts on memoir.
Allbest,
Marion
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Marion Roach Smith left a comment for suzi banks baum
Hi, Suzi
Thanks for the boost for my memoir posts on the site, and thanks for the friendship.
I've been wanting to do something here forever. Delighted to be asked.
How's your work coming along?
Best,
Marion
suzi banks baum commented on the blog post 'Want to Write Memoir? Let Me Introduce Myself and My Manifesto. Maybe We can Help.'
Hurray! Marion on SheWrites! I look forward to this...and especially number ten...well all of them. xoxox S
Marion Roach Smith left a comment for Ananda Leeke
Hi, Ananda,
How kind of you to write me about Realia, my self-published book on memoir. It was recently sold to Grand Central Publishing, and reissued with a new name, new cover and many new pages. It has been a joy to bring it to a wider audience.I…
Ananda Leeke commented on the blog post 'Want to Write Memoir? Let Me Introduce Myself and My Manifesto. Maybe We can Help.'
Happy Valentine's Day Marion and SheWrites community!
Marion, your memoir book Writing What You Know: Realia saved me from myself in 2010. I began using it as life jacket and soul preserver in my creative and memoir…
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- Who I am:
- I believe that everyone has a story to tell. The author of four books, all of which contain a large degree of memoir, my most recent book is The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing--And Life, (Grand Central, 2011) an irreverent, quirky, provocative product of the countless memoir classes I have taught for more than a decade. Under the name Marion Roach, I am the author of The Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning and Sexual Power of Red Hair, (Bloomsbury, 2005), a wild blend of memoir and history; the co-author with famed forensic pathologist Michael Baden, M.D., of Dead Reckoning (Simon & Schuster, 2001), a hands-on, behind-the-scenes journey into the world of forensic science; and of Another Name for Madness, (Houghton Mifflin, 1985), the first, first-person account of a family’s dramatic struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. A former staff member of The New York Times, I have written for The New York Times Magazine, Prevention, The Daily News, Vogue, Newsday, Good Housekeeping, Martha Stewart Living, Discover and The Los Angeles Times. A commentator on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, for six years I was the author and voice of The Naturalist’s Datebook, heard daily on Martha Stewart Living Radio, Sirius/XM 110.
Websites:
http://www.marionroach.com
- Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:
- My website is www.marionroach.com. I can be found at the Facebook page, The Memoir Project, and on Twitter at @mroachsmith.
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- The Memoir Project, A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life (Grand Central, 2011)
The Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning and Sexual Power of Red Hair, (Bloomsbury, 2005)
Dead Reckoning, (Simon and Schuster, 2001)
Another Name for Madness, (Houghton Mifflin, 1985)
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- I have read my essays on NPR's "All Things Considered," and blog for The Sister Project. I am a former staff member of The New York Times, and have written for their Science Times section, and have also published in The New York Times Magazine, Prevention, The Daily News, Vogue, Newsday, Good Housekeeping, Discover and American Health, and am a former “American Treasure” columnist for Martha Stewart Living.
- My writing is:
- Nonfiction, Memoir, Journalism, Blog Posts, Screenwriting
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- I do, on my blog, as well as on my Martha Stewart Living Radio spot, "The Naturalist's Datebook"
- Services I offer to other writers:
- I teach classes in memoir, and blog about writing memoir, and am always happy to share what I know.
- My professional associations:
- Member, Author's Guild
- I found out about She Writes from:
- Dana Trombley
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How to Write Memoir? 1. Forget Writing Prompts and Exercises 2. Stake Out Your Territory
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:07am 2 Comments 5 Likes
NO MORE WRITING EXERCISES. I mean it. If you are going to learn to write memoir, you need to learn to write with intent. To do so, the first step is to chuck out any writing prompts or exercises you are using, and write for real.
When you practiced with prompts, something always flowed, though all of it remains in some notebook. Much like playing tennis with a pro who hits every shot right to you, those exercises convinced you that you had this writing thing nailed. But then you found…
Continue Want to Write Memoir? Let Me Introduce Myself and My Manifesto. Maybe We can Help.
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 1:00am 2 Comments 9 Likes
There is an old saying that most men would rather have you hear their story than grant their wish. I’m fairly sure that can be said of all of us, especially when I see how much memoir is being written these days. I’m also fairly sure that those writers who struggle when writing memoir do so because while they desire to tell their stories, they try to tell too much too fast.
Maybe I can help.
I’ve been teaching memoir writing for about 15 years, at last count to more than one…
Continue Looking for published work on the sisterhood
Posted on March 2, 2010 at 12:00pm 10 Comments 0 Likes
Hi, She Writers. We're looking for work to feature on The Sister Project dot com, a multi-user platform blog begun in 2008 by my sister (Margaret Roach, former editorial director, Martha Stewart Omnimedia) and me (Marion Roach Smith, non-fiction writer, NPR commentator, former NYTimes staffer). Right now we're featuring Meg Waite Clayton, whose novels always explore TSP's favorite topic: sisters. An accompanying post features She Writes, which is where we got to know Meg. My sister and I are… Continue
Comment Wall (16 comments)
- At 10:45am on February 14, 2012,
Ananda Leeke said… My writing is going well. I am taking more time to finish my Digital Sisterhood memoir this year. Thank you for asking.
- At 10:05am on February 14, 2012,
Anna Maslakovic said… Thanks, Marion for visiting my page. I have your book, The Memoir Project, and refer to it frequently. I recommend it to anyone working on a memoir. It's smart, funny and to the point - really helpful whether you are just starting out or working (as I am) on draft revisions.
- At 12:46pm on June 29, 2011,
Nancy Hinchliff said… - Thanks, Marion for the friendship...looking forward to interacting with you are SheWrites.
- At 5:24pm on June 13, 2011,
Tania Pryputniewicz said… Marion,
very much enjoyed looking at The Sisters Project site--quite the web of love and inquiry, a hub making up such a necessary mirror for women, sisters everywhere. Love it. Have a sister poem plus interview that braids together four sisters, poetry, scultpure and photography over at Connotation Press. Will return to TSP to do my homework on how to link if you are interested (and just to check out the rest of your projects). Pleased to meet you here.
- At 1:58pm on June 13, 2011,
kiana davenport said… Hi Marion.. yes anything I can do to help. Ask away. We are all in this together.
And She Writes has helped me. Alohas from Hawaii....Kiana
- At 6:07am on June 11, 2011,
Pauline Frederica Kiernan said… Delighted to be getting to know you, Marion. I'm about to look up your Sister Project.
Looking forward to talking and sharing.
Pauline
- At 12:14pm on June 10, 2011,
Monica Medina said… - Welcome to our She Writes Volunteers group, Marion. Be sure to sign up to plan or attend a meetup in your community. Keep us posted and let us know if you have any questions.
- At 11:34am on June 6, 2010,
Jill Starishevsky said…
- Hi Marion,
I wanted to connect with you and ask for your feedback. I recently did my first on-camera interview for the children's book on child sexual abuse prevention that I wrote, My Body Belongs to Me. Please let me know what you think when you have some time.
Thanks in advance.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/talking-kids-sexual-abuse-10255396
Jill Starishevsky
Author, My Body Belongs to Me
www.MyBodyBelongstoMe.com
- At 1:10pm on March 22, 2010,
Zoe FitzGerald Carter said… - HI Marion, Thanks for reaching out. Sisters are a huge topic of interest for me and I'd be happy to have to the book featured on your website. Have sent you an email as well. Very best, Zoe
- At 11:38am on March 13, 2010,
Kamy Wicoff said… - I love the Sister Project! I enjoyed reading Meg's feature and have some other ideas in mind. Do you know Martha McPhee? She and her sister Jenny are both She Writes members, and very brilliant novelists. So glad you are here. I am going to start doing a weekly column on the intersection between creativity and community, by the way, and I will keep the Sister Project in mind as something to feature...
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Jeannette LeSure commented on the blog post 'I could only write my memoir…After my mother had died'
My father's death opened the closet of horrible memories and I began to write "ugly" as I called it then. I began to reach for some honesty in my writing as I went through three years of frequent flashbacks--not of HIM, but of another…
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Jeannette LeSure commented on the blog post 'How to Write Memoir? 1. Forget Writing Prompts and Exercises 2. Stake Out Your Territory'
While I agree that we can get carried away and even use prompts and exercises as effective avoidance techniques to tell ourselves, well, we ARE writing something, I found two books and a couple of classes to be enormously helpful in getting me going…
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