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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
News From The Memoirist
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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Why I Never Answered the Door
Why I Never Answered the Door
Or picked up the phone.
Pablo Andreu
Jul 10
Until Her Dying Breath…
Until Her Dying Breath…
I awoke to a nightmare as my wife fought for her life.
Thomas McPherson
Jul 10
Enabler to Embers — My Mom’s Fiery Farewell
Enabler to Embers — My Mom’s Fiery Farewell
I watched her enable Dad for decades. It took her death to break my own cycle.
Karen Lunde
Jul 9
All the Other Houses Are Homes
All the Other Houses Are Homes
My (mostly innocent) childhood voyeurism.
Diane Wilder
Jul 9
A Fling in the Summer of 1970 Taught Me a Valuable Lesson
A Fling in the Summer of 1970 Taught Me a Valuable Lesson
Infatuation has an expiration date
Klara Jane Holloway
Jul 8
Stars, S’mores, and Wet Socks
Stars, S’mores, and Wet Socks
A Night Out Under the Stars ✨
Katy Lin
Jul 8
She Was Sunshine Mixed With a Little Hurricane
She Was Sunshine Mixed With a Little Hurricane
Small but mighty, my great-grandmother set the starch in our matriarchal line.
Julia Perrodin
Jul 8
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