Memoir

MemoirMemoir SHOWCASE
Writing a memoir involves reflecting on our past and the memories that made us who we are today. Memoir relates vignettes that capture our memory of a specific relationship, time, place or recurring practice (like a hobby or profession), unlike memoirs which deal with an entire life, akin to autobiography.  This section contains short memoir pieces by our member authors; some are excerpts from a longer work and some are vignettes. All standalone and express the member’s feelings about the author’s memoir theme. If memoir writing interests you, reading these personal anecdotes may inspire you with ideas about how to write a memoir.

 

Article-IconMy Grandmother’s Ten Commandments| Read More…
by Carole Wagener

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A Most Remarkable Experience, Part II | Read More…
by Casey Wilson

A Most Remarkable Experience, Part I | Read More…
by Casey Wilson

Proud Daughter of the One of the Greatest Generation, Part Two | Read More…
by Sue Andrews

Riding the Orient Distress | Read More…
by Carole Celeste

Proud Daughter of the One of the Greatest Generation, Part One | Read More…
by Sue Andrews

Scientific Creativity in Junior High School | Read More…
by Dwight Norris

Meeting the Santa Ana Wind | Read More…
by Robert Mariner

My Tough, Yet Compassionate Grandfather | Read More…
by John E Anderson

Lula, One Morning | Read More…
by Sarah Metcalf Leach

Hazard to Navigation | Read More…
by Robert Mariner

My First Typewriter | Read More…
by Assunta Maria Vickers

Santa Wears Size 13 | Read More…
by Daniel Stallings

Of Hair to Remember | Read More…
by Carol Celeste

The Bloody Arm (a high school memoir) | Read More…
by Bill Helmer

The Gangs of New York, Part 2 | Read More…
by Dwight Norris

The Gangs of New York, Part 1 | Read More…
by Dwight Norris

Latin Lesson | Read More…
by Constance Cassinelli

Wisdom from a Stranger | Read More…
by Anthony Becker

Apricots | Read More…
by Elisabeth Anghel

Crossing Over into the Twilight Zone | Read More…
by John E Anderson

A Christmas Story | Read More…
by Linda Saholt

Island Time Anyone? | Read More…
by Vicki Peyton

The House on Agate Street | Read More…
by Cyn Bermudez

My First Typewriter | Read More…
by Assunta Maria Vickers

A Writer’s (Very Exciting) Journey | Read More…
by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

The Bill Monroe Hillbilly Band Bus Adventure | Read More…
by Constance Cassinelli

A Stamp of Value | Read More…
by Anke Hodenpijl

A Letter to Leanna | Read More…
by Sue Andrews

Mexican Joyride: The Road to El Dorado | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal

Kindred Spirit: The Author Who Inspired Me | Read More…
by Donnée Harris

Where’s Waldo? | Read More…
by Sue Andrews

Bee Wise | Read More…
by Sheila S. Moss

Royal Abdication | Read More…
by Sheila S. Moss

The Curse of the Dust Devils | Read More…
by Brad Karelius

We Should’ve Went to Costa Rica | Read More…
by Kenneth L. Decroo

The Conundrum of the Rose| Read More…
by Sue Andrews

Jeannie Weenie’s Relaxacizor Episode | Read More…
by Constance Cassinelli

Out of the Mouths of Babes | Read More…
by Sue Andrews

Celebrating the Salmon, Our Guest of Honor | Read More…
by Constance Cassinelli

Bike, Bite, Bowser Down | Read More…
by Andrea Polk

The Good Old Days Part 2| Read More…
by Betty Lee Speckels

The Good Old Days Part 1| Read More…
by Betty Lee Speckels

Ghosts in the Web | Read More…
by Jodie Keenan

The Lorelei, Part Two | Read More…
by Lorelei Kay

The Lorelei, Part One| Read More…
by Lorelei Kay

Keeping Memories Alive| Read More…
by Diane Neil

Terry Redman Remembered| Read More…
by Richard Meeks

A Memory Lane Challenge| Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal

Celebrating Evelyn Blocker| Read More…
by Showcase

A Mini-Memoir: The Pen and I, Part 2| Read More…
by Linda Saholt

A Mini-Memoir: The Pen and I, Part I| Read More…
by Linda Saholt

My Grandfather’s Ten Commandments| Read More…
by Carole Wagener

The Spanish Class Part II| Read More…
by Jeanette Fratto

My Grandmother’s Ten Commandments| Read More…
by Carole Wagener

Enchanted Evening| Read More…
by Sue Andrews

Blown Away Down Under| Read More…
by Carol Celeste

Kudos for Doodle, Fran, and Stevie| Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal

Thankful Every Day| Read More…
by Joan Raymond

The Girl in the Flowered Dress| Read More…
by Sue Andrews

It Must Have Been a Happy New Year’s Eve| Read More…
by Barbra Badger

SCUBA Belize, May 29, 2011| Read More…
by Casey Wilson

Pay It Forward | Read More…
by Daniel Stallings

Off to College | Read More…
by Annis Cassells

A Writer’s (Very Exciting) Journey | Read More…
by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson