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Category: memoir writing

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Memoir: A Labor Day of Love

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August 29, 2017August 29, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Falling Into a New Passion

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August 14, 2017September 3, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Memoir: A Few Thoughts About My Life

August 10, 2017August 10, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Promises

August 9, 2017August 12, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Hardwired to Connect, or Triggered in Childhood?

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017S.W. Biddulph

From The Stage To The Page: What I Discovered Writing My Memoir!

July 27, 2017September 3, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Memoir: The Perfect Imperfection

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Memoir: Summer Storms

July 5, 2017July 5, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Memoir: Leaving a Legacy of Love

June 22, 2017June 22, 2017S.W. Biddulph

How I learned to have faith when I ran out of hope

May 23, 2017May 23, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Fridays with MaMa’

May 15, 2017May 15, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Through the Eyes of a Child

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Layers: Why I Write

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Don’t Drink and Fly

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Freedom to Choose

April 17, 2017April 17, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Love Honors Others

April 7, 2017April 7, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Journey to Joyful Living

April 3, 2017April 3, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Memoir: ‘Bloody Knees’

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Rivers, Ropes, and Roulette

March 21, 2017September 16, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Paying Forward: Trigger of an Uncontrolled Chain reaction

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Breathe through Pain

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Write Your Story: Even if you’re not the Best Writer

March 2, 2017March 2, 2017S.W. Biddulph

‘The Storm’: My Marlin .30-.30 RIFLE, Part III

February 17, 2017February 17, 2017michellegunnin

Living Fully: A story of survival

February 16, 2017February 16, 2017S.W. Biddulph

Memoir: ‘Monster Trucks and a Big Bag of Chips’

February 3, 2017February 6, 2017S.W. Biddulph

‘UNDER PRESSURE’: MY MARLIN 30-30 RIFLE -Part II

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017S.W. Biddulph

What’s your Diagnosis?

January 21, 2017January 21, 2017S.W. Biddulph

‘The Gift’: My Marlin 30-30 Rifle

January 18, 2017January 18, 2017S.W. Biddulph

The Non-Fiction Contract

January 9, 2017January 16, 2017S.W. Biddulph

The ‘Normal’ Woman: The stigma of depression

January 5, 2017January 5, 2017michellegunnin

The Red Light District

December 19, 2016December 19, 2016S.W. Biddulph

The Image/Memoir Writing Challenge: ‘Falls Comfort: Grace gave me a second chance’

December 9, 2016July 19, 2017S.W. Biddulph

The Image/Memoir Writing Challenge: ‘Dating Death’

November 28, 2016November 28, 2016S.W. Biddulph

The Image/Memoir writing challenge: ‘Shadow Memories’

October 31, 2016November 16, 2016S.W. Biddulph

Motorcycles, Razor-Gangs, England, and Saxons

October 26, 2016October 27, 2016S.W. Biddulph

A Poll: Give us you thoughts

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016S.W. Biddulph

Requiem

October 5, 2016December 14, 2016S.W. Biddulph

Only the good die young: I can’t believe you’re gone

September 16, 2016September 13, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

The ‘Memoir Challenge’: Out From the Darkness

August 29, 2016August 30, 2016S.W. Biddulph

A Father’s Love

August 22, 2016August 22, 2016S.W. Biddulph

The Hospital: A Memoir

August 10, 2016August 10, 2016S.W. Biddulph

The ‘Memoir’ Challenge: Tell us your stories

August 8, 2016May 19, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Writing the Memoir: Transcending the Limited Self

July 21, 2016May 9, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Memoir: Building and Using Tension

June 9, 2016July 8, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Memoir: Rediscovering the Times

June 3, 2016June 3, 2016S.W. Biddulph

Sitting Ovation: Coming Full Circle

May 26, 2016May 5, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Memoir: What’s Your Theme?

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May 1, 2016August 12, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Writing a Memoir of Restoration, Renewal, and Rediscovery

March 24, 2016December 26, 2016S.W. Biddulph

A Memoir: My Love Addiction

March 17, 2016September 19, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Do You Judge People Like Books – By a Shiny Cover?

March 3, 2016July 12, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Untangling the Messes: How Much Truth to Put in the Memoir?

February 13, 2016May 19, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Writing the Memoir: Your Story, My Story, Our Stories

December 27, 2015January 14, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Morgan: How a Chance Rescue Helped Heal Us All

December 4, 2015December 20, 2016Marilyn L. Davis

Memory Lane: Memoir and Reflective Writing

November 10, 2015February 17, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

The Vulnerability of Memoir Writing

October 14, 2015June 30, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Memoir: Gaining Hindsight Might Change Your Future

September 14, 2015November 19, 2016Marilyn L. Davis

Image Prompting Prose: Writing for Me, a Challenge for You

August 10, 2015November 19, 2015S.W. Biddulph

An excerpt from ‘Twisted Ride’: Identity crisis

August 3, 2015January 10, 2017S.W. Biddulph

An Excerpt from Twisted Ride: A memoir by Scott Biddulph

June 16, 2015May 30, 2016S.W. Biddulph

Twisted Ride: A bikers memoir

January 13, 2015February 6, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Because I Could Not Draw, I Became an Artist with Words

January 2, 2015November 29, 2016Marilyn L. Davis

Are You a Member of the Cult of the Paper?

November 14, 2014August 8, 2017Marilyn L. Davis

Small Towns: Big Inspirations

May 8, 2011February 28, 2016S.W. Biddulph

Memoir: The journey home

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