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  • Jennifer--I've been thinking about the question in the header of this discussion since...up is a straw dog. Who really thinks about motherhood in a Leave it to Beaver mode anymore? To pretend that you...
  • Thank you both, for the initial discussion post and the first reply. I'm amazed that I...because one of us is working on one. The epistle--the letter--is a historical mode now, isn't it? I recommend A...
  • I go through that when my kids are constantly clamoring for my attention. My kids are...writing when I have the kids, like I am right now. It keeps me in the "writing mode," so to speak. If I immerse m...
  • Books that will stick with me ... I am sure I'll forget all the important ones if I do this in freewriting mode, but here goes: 1. Bitten (K...
  • Started by Judaye Streett
    Last reply by Cristina Trapani-Scott
    I have been reading about what is going on in my hometown these days and I can't help thinking about when it was not ridden with poverty and crime. I grew on the east...
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  • Can you explain an "agenda" draft to me. Is that something that specifically deals with the writer's purpose in each section??? I am new to memoir writing, but I have...
  • This pseudo author preyed on the natural hope of most of us writers for publication.  Happened to me at least twice.  Once when a so-called publisher issued a call for...
  • Letters are definitely becoming a distant memory, and I too, find that I cherish anything written that appears in my mailbox these days, even if it'd disguised as a no...
  • Memoirs (and) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: THE BASICS What to submit Memoir (and) publishes memoirs in many forms. We strive with each issue to include a selection of pros...
  • I have been so overloaded with other stuff, I haven't gotten to reading, but will--soon!