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Capitol City Young Writers Conference—Meeting Leaders in the Writing Community and Getting Inspired

I’m so inspired! A few days ago I spent a lot of time with young people who are interested in writing and their mentors. At the Capitol City Writers Conference in Marin just north of San Francisco, I joined Peter Beagle, Jane Friedman, David Corbett, and Seth Harwood among others. Verna Dreisbach, the founder of Capitol City Writers, has developed... [Read more...]

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Looking for the Gold

I’m very excited today–my friend Sue Silverman’s book Fearless Confessions just won Honorable Mention in the ForeWord Review’s Book-of-the-Year Award in the category of Writing. I’m celebrating with her as I think today of the challenges and joys of writing memoir. For me, her book speaks of some of the most important issues... [Read more...]

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Truth and Secrets

I’m spending some time answering memoir writing questions this month. So here is a popular topic: Truth and Secrets. When a writer is torn between the desire to tell her story truth and the internal/external pressure to keep family secrets, what do you recommend? It’s important first for the writer to get the story on the page, to write his... [Read more...]

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Creativity and Memoir Writing

Brenda Ueland in her classic book If You Want To Write talks about the spark of creativity and the process of writing and creating, with inspirational flashes to show us how other writers and creators, painters, playwrights and poets come to hear their muse. Quotes: Inspiration comes very slowly and quietly. And how do these creative thoughts come?... [Read more...]

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Writing Moment by Moment

I just returned from the wonderful National Association of Poetry conference in Washington DC, and want to invite writers to include poetry more as they write, heal, and reflect on the important moments of your lives. At the conference, I taught a Spiritual Memoir workshop called “Moments of Being” named for the amazing book of collected... [Read more...]

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Linda Joy Myers Memories and Memoirs March 2010 Newsletter Now Available Online!

  Memories and Memoirs Newsletter | March 2010 Light, Daffodils, and Tomatoes by Linda Joy Myers The morning light splashes on the yellow daffodils, creating sun spots in the yard, a happy, nodding and smiling garden that responds to the warmth of the ever increasing sun.  We all feel this in March—our energy lifts and we eagerly look forward... [Read more...]

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Book signing photos

From Book Signing Event, posted by Linda Joy Myers on 3/10/2010 (4 items) Betsy, Linda Joy and Dianne My agent, Verna Dreibach Alan Rinzler from Jossey Bass Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(function(){ jQuery(".gallery-icon a").lightBox({ ... [Read more...]

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Power of Memoir Blog Tour

I’m so pleased to announce on International Women’s Day that I’m on some blog tours right now with my book The Power of Memoir. There are a lot of great questions and interview at Women on Writing and Women’s Memoirs. People are stopping by to comment, to leave a question, and so far I’m keeping up with them! The blog tour... [Read more...]

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The Personal History of a Book’s Life—The Power of Memoir

My newest book The Power of Memoir—How to Write Your Healing Story has just been released by Jossey-Bass. I’m thrilled about this, because the road to getting to a large publisher has been long and confusing. Often I had to traverse through unknown terrains to get where I am now: holding a brand new copy of my book. The cover is soft and silky,... [Read more...]

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Story Circle Conference—post conference highs, creativity in motion

Meeting Heather Cariou, the keynote speaker for the first time. She slipped into the café and was sitting alone. I only knew her from her photograph, but I knew it was Heather. I had read her memoir Sixty Five Roses, and felt that I knew her in some ways at least, as I think we all feel when we are invited into someone’s life through words. And we... [Read more...]

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