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We exclusively publish memoirs: The creative stories unpacked from the nostalgic hope chests of our lives.
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What’s the Difference Between a Memoir and a Personal Essay?
What’s the Difference Between a Memoir and a Personal Essay?
Confused? Get in line!
KiKi Walter
Mar 24
2024 Submission Guidelines
2024 Submission Guidelines
Updated Information for New and Existing Writers
KiKi Walter
Jan 3
Have You Been Requesting to Write for The Memoirist?
Have You Been Requesting to Write for The Memoirist?
Update on new writer requests
KiKi Walter
May 23
May Memoir Prompt: Late!
May Memoir Prompt: Late!
(Better late than never…)
KiKi Walter
May 8
Method to Memoir with Cindy Heath
Uncovering Universal Insights in Memoir Writing
Uncovering Universal Insights in Memoir Writing
Techniques to help you find meaning in your writing.
Cindy Heath
Apr 7
From Memory to Essay: Enhancing the Impact of Personal Writing
From Memory to Essay: Enhancing the Impact of Personal Writing
Techniques to move your story from boring to compelling.
Cindy Heath
Mar 25
Six (or Seven) Podcasts to Motivate and Inspire Writers
Six (or Seven) Podcasts to Motivate and Inspire Writers
More choices for authors of memoirs, fiction, or essays.
Cindy Heath
Nov 17, 2023
Why in the World Do You Want to Talk About Yourself?
Why in the World Do You Want to Talk About Yourself?
And why would a reader care?
Cindy Heath
Oct 20, 2023
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Loving Stories Above All Else
Loving Stories Above All Else
A discovery I made 2 months into a 3-month Eurail pass.
Sheri Handel
Jun 12
What if These Walls Could Talk and Knuckles the Cat Channeled Grandmom's Spirit?
What if These Walls Could Talk and Knuckles the Cat Channeled Grand...
Is clairvoyance exclusive to humans?
Toya Qualls-Barnette
Jun 11
Memories of My Father Laid Bare
Memories of My Father Laid Bare
I want to lose the pain and shadows that still haunt me.
Cindy Heath
Jun 11
Finding My Long-Lost Heartbreak in My Old Songbook and What It Taught Me About My Divorce
Finding My Long-Lost Heartbreak in My Old Songbook and What It Taug...
A few weeks ago, my parents drove down for the weekend and brought a few boxes of old stuff from my room like Beckett magazines, yearbooks…
Much Reassembly Required
Jun 10
When a Mystery Illness Struck Our Cats
When a Mystery Illness Struck Our Cats
I wasn’t ready to say goodbye
Patrick Paul Garlinger
Jun 10
The Walk of Death
The Walk of Death
I walked away from everything, yet felt nothing.
Greyson Ferguson
Jun 9
When You Find Out Your New Girlfriend Is a Sex Worker
When You Find Out Your New Girlfriend Is a Sex Worker
And how I reacted
William Mersey
Jun 9
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