Memoir

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 16: Paris Edition

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 16: Paris Edition

My own private Paris, from the fantasies I had about the city as a French-studying high school student to the realities of Friday’s violence.

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WriPaMyMemNov, Day 15: When Imposter Syndrome Isn’t Imaginary

WriPaMyMemNov, Day 15: When Imposter Syndrome Isn’t Imaginary

How I got my first travel writing assignment: An excerpt from Getting Naked for Money.

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Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 14: Writer as Serial Monogomist

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 14: Writer as Serial Monogomist

Don’t call me a dilettante because I like to shift writing topics. I am, instead, a literary serial monogamist.

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Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 13: No Laurel Resting

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 13: No Laurel Resting

Why can’t I just enjoy finishing a chapter? Why do I have to write the rest of my book? These are questions for which I know the answer, but I am required to ask.

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Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 12: Progress Report

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 12: Progress Report

When the going gets tough, the tough post statistics: 12 out of 16 chapters are more or less finished. And now I have a plug in to nag me.

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Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 11: Beware Those Family Stories

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 11: Beware Those Family Stories

Those family stories you’re accustomed to hearing about yourself? They may not be true — or only partially. Check it out.

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Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 9: Confidence Game, Pt. 2

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 9: Confidence Game, Pt. 2

A semi-scatological contemplation of confidence, aging, and the bitchiness of karma.

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Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 8: On Confidence, Part 1

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 8: On Confidence, Part 1

Writing is part inspiration, part perspiration, and part confidence. I’m pretty good at the first two, but the third always proves very slippery.

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Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 7: Woo Woo

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 7: Woo Woo

A cynical memoirist has a woo-woo experience. It didn’t make me give up drinking or anything but maybe it made my book a bit kinder.

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WriPaMyMeNo, Day 6: The Dead Can’t Dispute Your Version of Events

WriPaMyMeNo, Day 6: The Dead Can’t Dispute Your Version of Events

My parents are no longer alive, so it’s too bad my childhood wasn’t worth writing about. Many of the people I’m dissing are still kicking.

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Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 5: Curse You, Mary Karr!

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 5: Curse You, Mary Karr!

Avoiding memoirs, I bought a book on memoir writing. What I learned from it surprised me.

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Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 4: Memoir vs Autobiography

Write Part of My Memoir in November, Day 4: Memoir vs Autobiography

The line between autobiography and memoir is often blurred, and I’m not sure where Getting Naked for Money fits. Should I call it a memography? An automoir?

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