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Saturday December 5

ruth h russell wrote 2 days ago: I have two stories published in various online journals!  One is called Jubilee and is in Gold Dust … more →

Tags: Gold Dust Magazine, The Battered Suitcase, Jubilee!, The Welsh Chair

Wednesday November 11

ruth h russell wrote 2 weeks ago: Went to see Tracy Morgan, of 30 Rock fame, at Carnegie Hall on Friday night.  It started well as his … more →

Tags: New York, Tracy Morgan, backspace, agents, 30 Rock, kindle 2

The Right to One's Own Story

eemurdoch wrote 3 weeks ago: One of the great difficulties of writing nonfiction is accepting the fact that you have a right to y … more →

Tags: My Writing Life, Women/Relationships, Writers, dysfunction, Nonfiction Writing

Donald Miller and His Million Miles Tour With Susan Isaacs2 comments

loadupmolly wrote 3 weeks ago: Sunday night, my friend Ryan and I drove to Fort Worth to hear Donald Miller speak on his book tour. … more →

Tags: Stories, Donald Miller, Susan Isaacs, Million Miles Tour, A million Miles in a Tousand Years, .:*Conflict*:.

Friday October 30

ruth h russell wrote 1 month ago: Back from vacation now, refreshed and looking forward to Steve going back to work so I can have some … more →

Tags: @ vacation, New Hampshire, comment book, Casino

Friday October 23

ruth h russell wrote 1 month ago: In New Hampshire now, staying at another B&B.  I chose the hotels for the trip and for some reas … more →

Tags: New York, @ vacation, New Hampshire, breakfast, Family Style

Halloween Memories

Kate Tabor wrote 1 month ago: Today in class we were writing memoir pieces about Halloween.  I started with reading two chapters o … more →

Tags: activities, Memory and Story, refelections, Halloween

My Life With Dad48 comments

Guestwriter wrote 1 month ago:     By Bob Chrisman       Father & Son, circa 1958, St. Joseph, Missouri, photo © 2009, Bob Chri … more →

Tags: Personal, Life, Relationships, Photography, Family, memoir, Dreams, Body, Silence

Monday October 12

ruth h russell wrote 1 month ago: Just had a very restful weekend. Slept even longer than I do on a normal day, which is always nice. … more →

Tags: New York, Diary, Grand Central Station, Lord & Taylor, Tourists

Telling a Story1 comment

loadupmolly wrote 1 month ago: Roger Rosenblatt came to town. I had the priviledge of listening to this rock star journalist give h … more →

Tags: Multimodal Composition, Shannon P. Mehaan, Roger Rosenblatt, Ira Glass, Stories, Personal Essay

Thursday October 8

ruth h russell wrote 2 months ago: Bit depressed to see that Amazon reduced the price of their Kindle, meaning I could’ve got it $40 ch … more →

Tags: New York, Books, memoir, US

The Memoir6 comments

anniegirl1138 wrote 2 months ago: I am rewriting the beginning of the memoir. I think I mentioned that a while ago. The drafting went … more →

Tags: writing skills/profession, writing my memoir, my memoir

Memoir Writing

I wrote 2 months ago: It seems that in our busy, hectic, money-making lives, we overlook one of our most precious resource … more →

Tags: Services, elderly, Family, Love, Memoirs, Memories

Bearing Witness35 comments

Guestwriter wrote 2 months ago: By Bob Chrisman I possess no physical evidence to offer in defense of my father. Family stories and … more →

Tags: Personal, Life, Relationships, Photography, Love, Family, memoir, place, Dreams

Monday September 21

ruth h russell wrote 2 months ago: Went hiking on Saturday.  Did a six and a half mile trek up a mountain near Cold Spring.  The walk f … more →

Tags: New York, Londoner, Blog, Hiking, Cold Spring, snake

Thursday September 17

ruth h russell wrote 2 months ago: It was my last writing class today at Gotham Writers (excellent courses, great teachers).  I’ve enjo … more →

Tags: New York, Londoner, Diary, memoir, Gotham Writers, Critique

Remembering Memories

E wrote 2 months ago: Last night I attended a free intro memoir writing class put on by Gotham Writer’s Workshop. Th … more →

Tags: Random Stories, daily blog challenge, writing, LinkedIn, lirr commute, Gotham Writers' Workshop, Coast to Coast

Weekend Stories3 comments

Jennifer Rains wrote 3 months ago:   Of course we all got together Sunday, in celebration of Labor Day, a much more muted party, compar … more →

Tags: When it rains, Beer, coal mining, Drinking, drinking history, Family Gatherings, FAMILY STORIES, Funny, Funny Stories

Richmond is for Lovers (of the written word)

shawnajean wrote 3 months ago: Nicole Anderson Ellis, Shawna Kenney, Anne Soffee, Rodney LoftonJust returned from Richmond, where I … more →

Tags: Anne Thomas Soffee, hausfrau cakes, James River Writers, life's a bitch books, memoir panel, memoir panelists


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