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The Memoirist on Substack

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KiKi Walter
The Memoirist: 2025 Submission Guidelines

The Memoirist: 2025 Submission Guidelines

Updated Information for New and Existing Writers
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KiKi Walter
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
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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
Just Published
Motherhood and My Medical Mystery

Motherhood and My Medical Mystery

How an ovarian cyst challenged my potential and paved the way to clarity
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Valverda Joseph
Still, I Rise: Through Estrangement, Healing, and Homecoming

Still, I Rise: Through Estrangement, Healing, and Homecoming

Thirty-three years of devotion unraveled in silence.
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Denise James
How I Time Traveled During My Husband’s MRI

How I Time Traveled During My Husband’s MRI

A freezing cold room led me to the 1980s
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Not Even Wine With Dinner
Were You Ever in Prague?

Were You Ever in Prague?

When we forget where we’ve been
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Terry Barr
A Ride With My Grandfathers

A Ride With My Grandfathers

A show of genuine affection
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Mike McKelvey, PhD
Straw: A Devastating Portrait of Poverty in America

Straw: A Devastating Portrait of Poverty in America

Tyler Perry makes us cry at the loss of humanity
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Toni Crowe
I Cheated on My Sick Wife

I Cheated on My Sick Wife

Being with her felt like a vacation from the constant stress I lived with every day.
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Jeffrey Spencer, Peace Corps Volunteer
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