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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!
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KiKi Walter
2024 Submission Guidelines

2024 Submission Guidelines

Updated Information for New and Existing Writers
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KiKi Walter
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
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Cindy Heath
Uncovering Universal Insights in Memoir Writing

Uncovering Universal Insights in Memoir Writing

Techniques to help you find meaning in your writing.
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Cindy Heath
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.
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Cindy Heath
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.
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Cindy Heath
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Dungaree Doll

Dungaree Doll

I got a brand new pair of roller skates
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Jeff Eagle
Midlife Mournings and Snowy Dog Walks

Midlife Mournings and Snowy Dog Walks

Grieving the loss of a beloved pet
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Ashley Quinn Kibby (Ashbunny)
The Tourist Who Visited War Time Vietnam

The Tourist Who Visited War Time Vietnam

You can’t make this stuff up
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Gordon J Campbell
How I Pieced Together My Father’s WWII Story and Changed My Life

How I Pieced Together My Father’s WWII Story and Changed My Life

With few clues and sheer determination, I uncovered a life-changing narrative about my father’s wartime service.
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Matthew Bamberg
Directing the Perfect Christmas Pageant on an Overseas Military Base

Directing the Perfect Christmas Pageant on an Overseas Military Base

So why did one parent complain?
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Mary DeVries
Our Painful Parting Gift

Our Painful Parting Gift

We watched him ride out of our lives on that plastic quad bike.
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Phil Cody
He Hurt Me and I Went Back for More

He Hurt Me and I Went Back for More

The trauma bond with my abuser
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Suzanna Quintana
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