by SDMWA | Mar 5, 2019 | Member Profiles
San Diego Memoir Writers Association is pleased to present our first Member of the Month. For March 2019, we present Patricia Frank. Read a Q & A Interview below with Patricia M. Frank, Journals For Foster Youth Program & Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications...
by Jeniffer Thompson | Jan 9, 2018 | Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Memoir Talk
Self-publishing success stories: 1931 – Irma Rombauer paid a printer to print her book, The Joy of Cooking – now published by Simon and Schuster and has sold 18 million copies. 1993 – James Redfield originally self-published The Celestine Prophecy,...
by Guest Writer | Oct 12, 2017 | Experts on Memoir, Memoir Talk
Anyone who writes memoir knows it’s a genre that asks a lot. If you’re doing it right, it asks that you expose yourself completely, that you revisit—if not relive—painful memories, and that you be fully transparent, inviting readers into the most intimate corners of...
by Guest Writer | Sep 14, 2017 | Experts on Memoir, Memoir Talk
Writing a memoir is a journey beyond words. It’s about making a connection with readers, but also about healing. It’s a restorative and soulful experience. By crafting a memoir, we learn how our experiences have shaped us, and we make a conscious choice to share this...
by Marni Freedman | Aug 8, 2017 | Memoir Talk
“There Is a Crack in Everything, That’s How the Light Gets In” – Leonard Cohen As a memoir teacher and as a therapist, I am privileged to see behind the mask that people tend to wear. On a daily basis, people from all walks of life, all ages and stages of the game,...
by Marni Freedman | Apr 20, 2017 | Memoir Talk
When I first started teaching memoir writing, I had no idea the journey I would be embarking upon. I knew I loved the genre. I knew I loved helping writers to explore their voices. But what I didn’t know was that it was going to change my life. Through this blog, I...
by Jeniffer Thompson | Apr 2, 2017 | Expert Interviews
Q: What made you first pick up a pen and say, Hey, I think I might just be a writer? A: I don’t really consider myself a writer as much as I do a storyteller who sometimes does it through writing. When I read beautiful, poetic prose, I realize I’m not much of a...
by Jeniffer Thompson | Apr 2, 2017 | Expert Interviews
Q: She Writes Press is a very impressive endeavor. What lead you to start it up? A: Thanks, Marni. I started SWP because of the climate I was witnessing in traditional publishing at the end of my tenure there. I started a coaching practice, helping authors to get...
