September Member of the Month, John C. Cunningham

September Member of the Month, John C. Cunningham

SJF: How did you discover SDMWA? JCC: I found out about San Diego Writers, Ink (SDWI) while taking a Memoir Workshop put on by the San Diego Public Library. The workshop, led by Marni Freedman, happened to be one of the modules from Marni’s Certificate program. I was...
August Member of the Month, Lannette Cornell Bloom

August Member of the Month, Lannette Cornell Bloom

SJF: How/When did you discover SDMWA? Please tell us about your involvement. LCB: I attended Marni Freedman’s memoir workshop at the 2015 La Jolla Writer’s Conference and had just finished handwriting the story I called, “Mom and Me,” which was a compilation of...
July Member of the Month, Cynthia James-Price

July Member of the Month, Cynthia James-Price

SJF: How/When did you discover SDMWA? Tell us about your involvement. CJP: I discovered SDMWA through the ray of sunshine, Marni Freedman, at the Scripps Library. I saw a library posting that said, An Overview of Memoir Writing. I had been thinking about writing my...
June Member of the Month, Lisa Ormsby

June Member of the Month, Lisa Ormsby

SJF: How/When did you discover SDMWA? Tell us about your involvement. LO:   I discovered SDMWA in February of 2017 when I took my very first memoir class with Marni Freedman. At first, I did it as a self-discovery and healing practice but eventually I wanted to take...
May Member of the Month, Deborah Rudell

May Member of the Month, Deborah Rudell

SJF: Congratulations on being selected as the SDMWA ‘Member of the Month’! How and when did you discover SDMWA? Please tell us about your involvement. DR: I was involved as a member since the beginning, I think. After finishing Marni Freedman’s Memoir...
April Member of the Month, Madonna Treadway

April Member of the Month, Madonna Treadway

San Diego Memoir Writers Association is pleased to present our April Member of the Month. Read a Q & A Interview below with Madonna Treadway, & Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications   SJF: How did you discover the San Diego Memoir Writers Association...