Tag: kendra bonnett
member name: Kendra Bonnett
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August 07, 2008 05:27 AM EDT --
My Gather friends, I've missed you. Since March I've been writing and developing my Internet marketing strategies. That's left me little time to hang out here with all my writing friends.
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October 31, 2009 11:40 AM EDT --
Happy Halloween everyone. This is one of my favorite holidays. I guess because it takes me back to my childhood and brings out the child still within.
I wrote a memoir vignette and posted it on our . . .
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January 19, 2009 01:18 PM EST --
I just finished posting over on the Story Circle Network blog called "Telling Her Stories: The Broad View." This was a fun one to write as the Sunday snowstorm here in Maine left me nostalgic . . .
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March 01, 2008 08:24 AM EST --
I couldn't stop thinking about Sandy F 's approach to memoir writing...starting with a single event. In fact, I had to write an email about memoir writing yesterday and I used Sandy's idea . . .
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August 06, 2008 07:42 AM EDT --
If you don't know about the writer's group Story Circle Network (SCN), I encourage you to check it out at http://www.storycircle.org. This is a rich resource, especially for women interested in . . .
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March 10, 2009 03:30 PM EDT --
The best stories pull readers into the scene and immerse them in the details. You can bring your scenes to life by incorporating sights, smells, sounds, tastes and touch in your descriptions. Now you . . .
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March 30, 2009 01:26 PM EDT --
What's your most burning question about memoir writing? Friday, April 3rd at 5:30 Pacific Daylight Time, Matilda Butler and I will be holding our second free teleseminar about memoir writing. This . . .
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April 04, 2009 09:45 AM EDT --
Matilda Butler and I discussed memoir writing, answered questions for 55 minutes last night. We recorded the call, posted it , and you're welcome to listen at your convenience. No charge.
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January 14, 2009 06:36 AM EST --
Your questions have been pouring in and they're interesting. This proves to be a great call tonight.
Date: January 14, 2009
Time: 5 PM PST - 8 PM EST
Phone: 712-432-0600 access code 998458# . . .
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March 04, 2009 04:33 PM EST --
Maybe you know by now that Matilda Butler is doing a series of interviews with writers. Her subject? Techniques for opening (as in starting) a memoir. Matilda's interviews are available as audios . . .
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August 31, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
Want to break into memoir writing the easy way? Come take our Food Memoir Class. We call it "Readin', Writin', and Recipes: A memoir-able Approach to Cooking." And we're holding the . . .
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March 11, 2008 03:19 PM EDT --
I've written it before, triggers come in all forms for memoir writers (and their readers as well). I have certain scents that teleport me to places as long ago and far removed as the underground garage . . .
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May 20, 2008 10:19 AM EDT --
I've emailed many of my Gather friends to tell them the good news. Matilda Butler's and my book, Rosie's Daughters: The "First Woman To" Generation Tells Its Story is an IPPY . . .
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May 06, 2009 05:30 PM EDT --
Story Structure is one of those necessary evils writers must conquer. There are a lot of techniques and models out there. Some of you may be familiar with the late Jack Bickham's book Elements . . .
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February 27, 2008 09:06 AM EST --
Once upon a time...
a memoir was something you authored in your declining years because you and people around you felt your life mattered. Maybe you were a statesman, a queen, a royal in waiting, a . . .
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May 20, 2009 02:31 AM EDT --
"Through the years, I went through several drafts," says memoirist Heather Summerhayes Cariou, "the pity-party draft, the agenda draft (where I vented my anger on everyone), the faux-literary . . .
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January 15, 2009 01:04 PM EST --
When Matilda and I first thought to host a Women's Memoir Writing Call, we had planned to spend about 30 minutes on the phone answering questions. Well, we were blessed with both the quality and quantity . . .
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March 31, 2009 12:41 PM EDT --
Donna VanLiere's new memoir Finding Grace is out today...and Women's Memoir has her on our site. Donna is our first guest blogger on WomensMemoir.com . She reminisces about her early writing . . .
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April 03, 2009 08:14 AM EDT --
The questions are pouring in for tonight's call. Matilda Butler and I will be answering questions about:
Handling traumatic events (such as abuse) in one's life...handling it in a way that . . .
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February 26, 2008 07:55 AM EST --
I've been writing about how our book, Rosie's Daughters: The "First Woman To" Generation Tells Its Story , came together. In case you are just coming into this story, I'll summarize . . .
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