![]() ![]() ![]() Also included are interviews of high-profile memoirists (including Mary Karr, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Dani Shapiro, among others) by Myers and Warner. In this collection, writers share their stories of hard-earned wisdom, including tips for dealing with the inner critic, practical strategies that provided motivation in dark times, and lessons learned from mistakes made and overcome. Her memoir Don’t Call Me MotherA Daughter’s Journey from Abandonment to Forgiveness is a ForeWord Book of the Year finalist, and won. ![]() The inherent challenges presented by the emotional journey itself often stalls memoirists from completing their dream of finishing and publishing a book. is the founder and president of the National Association of Memoir Writers and the author of The Power of MemoirHow to Write Your Healing Story and Journey of Memoir. These voices make it hard to stay on course with the writing and completion of a book. Editors Linda Joy Myers and Brooke Warner have taught and coached hundreds of memoirists to the completion of their memoirs, and they know that the journey is fraught with belittling messages from both the inner critic and naysayers who don’t understand or support the idea of writing a memoir. Song of the Plains is a memoir of fierce longing and a quest to understand the fragile bonds of family. It’s a memoirist’s companion for when the going gets tough. 2017 USA Best Book Awards Finalist in Womens Issues 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Relationships (Non-Fiction) 'Linda Joy Myers has written a remarkable, heartbreaking, and hopeful story. The Magic of Memoir is being published in November 2016. ![]()
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