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  • How wonderful! I have a small collection of letters from my grandparents & a few...conveyed in a simple sentence or commentary. Sometimes I wonder if all of our modern technology is a good thing...
  • Hi All,  I love the feedback that this post has sparked. It feels good to know that I'm not alone in my elephant-like gestation periods for books, and I applaud those...
  • Theo, you have a new book and you are teaming with Anne Lamott for a writers retreat in January 2014 - I'm impressed. In your essay here on She Writes you wrote that y...
  • Kamy, what a great post. And thank you for mentioning me so kindly, I'm so glad you didn't call me your stalker! And if you don't mind, I would urge everyone who reads...
  • Well written and touched me deeply as I too had to wait until my mother (and her whole generation) in our family had passed on to write a memoir. It reminds me what me...
  • My favorite memoirist. Recalls every nuance, every joy and sadness, fear and insecurity, and for me, shows it  so I am taken back to a similar place or time. Wonderful piece, again!!
  • I still use a rotary (and refuse to own a cell)! For a how-to, check out www.helenelliswrite.com: "Diary of a Luddite: How to use a rotary phone." You can also learn how to use a typewriter and radio, and how to teach your cat to answer that rotary!
  • Hi Ellen, thanks for this valuable list of practical tips for memoir writers. Your surprise in what had to be left out (#6) resonated with me. There were so many thing...
  • I caught the bug from my brother and sister, only later did I learn my mom kept an extensive diary as a young woman and still writes inspirational/encouraging essays when the mood strikes her. So I'd say a little of both :)
  • Dear Tania, Thank you so much for sharing your experience around the publishing of your book. Some of the points you make I can second, we must have gone through simil...