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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
July Newsletter: It’s Okay to Slow Down In the Summer
July Newsletter: It’s Okay to Slow Down In the Summer
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KiKi Walter
Jul 1
July Memoir Prompt: Summer Fling
July Memoir Prompt: Summer Fling
Did you have a hot summer romance? A fleeting obsession with someone or something?
KiKi Walter
Jun 29
Method to Memoir with Cindy Heath
Exploring the Past to Write Memoirs that Resonate
Exploring the Past to Write Memoirs that Resonate
Techniques to uncover deeper truths and create powerful stories from your memories
Cindy Heath
Jun 26
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
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Setting the Sane Patients Free
Setting the Sane Patients Free
Organizing Mental Hospital Escapes
Ulf Wolf
Jul 15
Skinny Dipping and Summers Kiss at Hayden Lake
Skinny Dipping and Summers Kiss at Hayden Lake
Revisiting an innocent teenage tryst with an American girl
Arpad Nagy
Jul 15
How I Survived the Driving Test for Foreign Residents in Japan
How I Survived the Driving Test for Foreign Residents in Japan
Cherishing the humbling experience
Gordon J Campbell
Jul 15
Begging For His Attention
Begging For His Attention
Wanting to be seen
Unbecoming
Jul 14
The Professor Who Taught Me the Secret Behind the Art of Writing
The Professor Who Taught Me the Secret Behind the Art of Writing
One book and everything changed
Suzanna Quintana
Jul 14
Why Have a Therapist When You Can Sign Up for NarcissistGPT!
Why Have a Therapist When You Can Sign Up for NarcissistGPT!
Flattery on demand
Brian Throne
Jul 13
Flings Don’t Mean a Thing to Those Live Fast/Die Young Boys.
Flings Don’t Mean a Thing to Those Live Fast/Die Young Boys.
Maybe he forgot me, but I’ll always remember him.
Meaghan Ward
Jul 13
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