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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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My Grandfather’s ‘Flotation Device’ Nearly Cost My Life in the Ocean
My Grandfather’s ‘Flotation Device’ Nearly Cost My Life in the Ocean
The current drew me in, but my brother pulled me out.
Tracey Folly
Jun 4
One Boat, Four Days, Seven Teenagers
One Boat, Four Days, Seven Teenagers
Another chaperoning experience for the books
Tiffany Norman
Jun 4
My Weird Divorce
My Weird Divorce
“He’s not my Uncle Ira!”
Carol C. Bradley
Jun 3
Flowers, Lemonade, And One Last Game of Catch
Flowers, Lemonade, And One Last Game of Catch
Sometimes a game of catch is so much more than just a game of catch.
Greyson Ferguson
Jun 3
I Kissed My Husband Goodbye. A Stranger Eventually Came Back to Me
I Kissed My Husband Goodbye. A Stranger Eventually Came Back to Me
It is July 1972 and I have no idea the role the Australian army is about to play in destroying my marriage
Janet Meisel
Jun 3
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom
Wheelchair Adventures: One Day on Robben Island
Andy Porter
Jun 2
My life in poems
My life in poems
Love, Divorce, Rinse, Repeat,
Kristin J. Leonard
Jun 1
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