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Rosanne Ullman

Rosanne Ullman owns Write My Memoirs (writemymemoirs.com) to help people write and self-publish their life stories and co-owns Home Memoir (homememoir.com) to help people capture, in a coffee-table book, the love they have for their home. For 20 years, Rosanne taught grammar at a local adult education program, New Trier eXtention, and that well-received course is the basis for the Write My Memoirs Grammar and Writing Course. Rosanne has a long freelance career writing for and about various industries, particularly the professional beauty industry. Her observations about life appear frequently on various blog sites and include regular contributions to Sixty and Me (sixtyandme.com) and Boomer Cafe (boomercafe.com). Rosanne also is the author of the children’s picture book The Case of the Disappearing Kisses. She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism (MSJ) from Northwestern University’s famed Medill School of Journalism.

New Features on Write My Memoirs

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New Features on Write My Memoirs
If you’re a Facebook friend of Write My Memoirs and during this past week you clicked the link to the previous blog post, you received an error message. We apologize! We’re experiencing a few growing pains, and some of the links on the blog posts themselves are temporarily coming up empty, too. But the reason for that is very exciting! Those links lead to pages that have been replaced, as we’ve now launched our new and improved writemymemoirs.com!
You’ll notice that the top left button, Sign Up and Join Today, now links to an interview page. Optionally, you can answer questions, and your confidential responses become part of your private account to create a timeline indicating the important events and dates of your life. As you’re writing, if you get a little stuck, you can consult the timeline and also ask your account for “hints” to remind you of anything that took place that year.
We’ve also automated our historical section. Instead of flipping through lots of web pages that list historical events by year, you can just click on the little tabs at the bottom of your writing window to read short synopses about developments in inventions, world events, fashion, pop culture and sports. These headlines within our collective lifetime may trigger memories in your personal life that you’ll want to include in your autobiography. Please let us know your thoughts about these changes! And friend us on Facebook—we can talk there, too!

If you’re a Facebook friend of Write My Memoirs and during this past week you clicked the link to the previous blog post, you received an error message. We apologize! We’re experiencing a few growing pains, and some of the links on the blog posts themselves are temporarily coming up empty, too. But the reason for that is very exciting! Those links lead to pages that have been replaced, as we’ve now launched our new and improved writemymemoirs.com!

For newcomers, Sign Up and Join Today now links to an interview page. For current members, this link appears on your Table of Contents. Optionally, you can answer questions, and your confidential responses become part of your private account, creating a timeline indicating the important events and dates of your life. As you’re writing, if you get a little stuck, you can consult the timeline and also ask your account for “hints” to remind you of anything that took place that year.

We’ve also automated our historical section. Instead of flipping through lots of web pages that list historical events by year, you can just click on the little tabs at the bottom of your writing window to read short synopses about developments in inventions, world events, fashion, pop culture and sports. These headlines within our collective lifetime may trigger memories in your personal life that you’ll want to include in your autobiography. Please let us know your thoughts about these changes! And friend us on Facebook—we can talk there, too!

Memorable Memoir Titles

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Memorable Memoir Titles
Let’s look at some titles that aren’t just of the “My Life” variety but truly reflect the personality of the author/subject. To capture humor, many people go for a pun. We’ve already covered a lot of those in a previous Write My Memoirs blog.
I know that you can come up with something catchy for your memoir, because some of the most famous titles are those of memoirs. Cheaper By the Dozen recounted Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.’s years growing up in a big family. The full title of Frank McCourt’s best-seller is Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir, even though people refer to it by only its first two words. The quintessential Holocaust story, Elie Wiesel’s Night, is autobiographical, as are Maya Angelou’s iconic I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and the newer Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. The shortened titles of Barack Obama’s two autobiographical tomes, Dreams of My Father and The Audacity of Hope, already have become everyday phrases.
Your title does not have to be long. Even a one-word title can say a mouthful, previewing for the reader the key components of the contents. The currently popular Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and comedienne Tina Fey’s Bossypants are good examples. If you want to make sure people know that your work is autobiographical, you can tack on the explanation after a colon, as in Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Give it some thought! Your life deserves better than “My Life.”

Let’s look at some titles that aren’t just of the “My Life” variety but truly reflect the personality of the author/subject. To capture humor, many people go for a pun. We’ve already covered a lot of those in a previous Write My Memoirs blog.

I know that you can come up with something catchy for your memoir, because some of the most famous titles are those of memoirs. Cheaper By the Dozen recounted Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.’s years growing up in a big family. The full title of Frank McCourt’s best-seller is Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir, even though people refer to it by only its first two words. The quintessential Holocaust story, Elie Wiesel’s Night, is autobiographical, as are Maya Angelou’s iconic I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and the newer Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. The shortened titles of Barack Obama’s two autobiographical tomes, Dreams of My Father and The Audacity of Hope, already have become everyday phrases.

Your title does not have to be long. Even a one-word title can say a mouthful, previewing for the reader the key components of the contents. The currently popular Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and comedienne Tina Fey’s Bossypants are good examples. If you want to make sure people know that your work is autobiographical, you can tack on the explanation after a colon, as in Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Give it some thought! Your life deserves better than “My Life.”

A Look at Some Not Very Creative Memoir Titles

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A Look at Some Not Very Creative Memoir Titles
How much thought are you putting into the title of your memoir? Did you mull over some ideas and wait until you were satisfied with your title before you wrote the first word of a chapter? Or did you begin writing and sort of table the decision until some wonderful title dawned on you? There’s a third option. Maybe you did what a lot of people have done—called the darn thing “My Life??? or “My Autobiography??? and didn’t give it another thought.
I am surprised at how many notable people have chosen that third option. Consider that Bill Clinton authored My Life, as did actor Burt Reynolds and dancer Isadora Duncan. Golda Meir added her own name, so it became My Life By Golda Meir by Golda Meir. Charlie Chaplin wrote My Autobiography, Jane Fonda settled on My Life So Far and a pair of former presidents mirrored each other with the equally unoriginal The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge and The Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt.
Really? Is this the best we can do, folks? Apparently having a great creative mind doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll apply it to crafting a memoir title, since we have Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1, among others. Musicians? Johnny Cash published Cash: An Autobiography; Eric Clapton echoed with Clapton: An Autobiography. Check back next week for some titles that make you laugh instead of groan.

How much thought are you putting into the title of your memoir? Did you mull over some ideas and wait until you were satisfied with your title before you wrote the first word of a chapter? Or did you begin writing and sort of table the decision until some wonderful title dawned on you? There’s a third option. Maybe you did what a lot of people have done—called the darn thing “My Life” or “My Autobiography” and didn’t give it another thought.

I am surprised at how many notable people have chosen that third option. Consider that Bill Clinton authored My Life, as did actor Burt Reynolds and dancer Isadora Duncan. Golda Meir added her own name, so it became My Life By Golda Meir by Golda Meir. Charlie Chaplin wrote My Autobiography, Jane Fonda settled on My Life So Far and a pair of former presidents mirrored each other with the equally unoriginal The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge and The Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt.

Really? Is this the best we can do, folks? Apparently having a great creative mind doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll apply it to crafting a memoir title, since we have Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1, among others. Musicians? Johnny Cash published Cash: An Autobiography; Eric Clapton echoed with Clapton: An Autobiography. Check back next week for some memoir titles that make you laugh instead of groan.

How Dick Cheney’s Memoirs Are Like Yours

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How Dick Cheney’s Memoirs Are Like Yours
I’ve been reading advance reviews of Dick Cheney’s memoirs, due for release today, and in some ways your memoirs are probably no different from those of the former U.S. vice president. Sure, you’re unlikely to be interviewed on TV to talk about your book, but let’s examine the similarities.
The early reviewers report that Cheney devotes a lot more pages to justifying his actions than to apologizing for them. And who wouldn’t? I doubt that you are writing your memoirs as a way to express a bunch of mea culpas. Typically, memoir authors take this opportunity to explain actions or provide previously unpublicized details and background, but in a way that encourages the reader to agree with the wisdom of those actions or decisions. This may involve criticizing others who disagreed with you at the time, but throwing someone under the bus is a small price to pay for getting your side of the story out there or patting yourself on the back a little.
If you’re writing a compelling book, Cheney’s memoir is like your memoirs in another way, too: it follows a series of episodes. Conflict, challenges, forks in the road that could lead in different directions—all of that keeps the reader interested. You’d be wise to consider that as you write. You don’t have to “make heads explode,??? as Cheney predicts his book will do, but a few sparks couldn’t hurt.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/178083-cheney-pushes-new-memoir

I’ve been reading advance reviews of Dick Cheney’s memoirs, due for release today, and in some ways your memoirs are probably no different from those of the former U.S. vice president. Sure, you’re unlikely to be interviewed on TV to talk about your book, but let’s examine the similarities.

The early reviewers report that Cheney devotes a lot more pages to justifying his actions than to apologizing for them. And who wouldn’t? I doubt that you are writing your memoirs as a way to express a bunch of mea culpas. Typically, memoir authors take this opportunity to explain actions or provide previously unpublicized details and background, but in a way that encourages the reader to agree with the wisdom of those actions or decisions. This may involve criticizing others who disagreed with you at the time, but throwing someone under the bus is a small price to pay for getting your side of the story out there or patting yourself on the back a little.

If you’re writing a compelling book, Cheney’s memoir is like your memoirs in another way, too: it follows a series of episodes. Conflict, challenges, forks in the road that could lead in different directions—all of that keeps the reader interested. You’d be wise to consider that as you write. You don’t have to “make heads explode,??? as Cheney predicts his book will do, but a few sparks couldn’t hurt.

School’s Start Opens Parents’ Time to Write

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School’s Start Opens Parents’ Time to Write
Whether you’re the parent or the kid, the start of a school year signals a major change in your routine. If you’ve been trying to find time to write your memoir, don’t let this opportunity pass! Now is the time to shape your daily schedule for the next nine months. If you let the first few weeks go by as you “catch up??? from the summer, it will be more difficult to set aside writing time.
Are you home during the day? If you know that you work best at a certain time of day, accommodate yourself! Set aside 9-11am or 1-3pm twice a week to work on your memoir. If you have “writer’s block,??? work on tasks that will help you once the writing starts to flow. For example, make a list and notes of your childhood friends or do some internet research on your hometown and what it was like when you were growing up.
If you go to work, a great way to model discipline for the kids is to set nightly and/or weekend study hours. Perhaps from 4-6pm every Sunday or 7:30-8:30pm Monday through Thursday—or both—your home turns into a sort of library, with the entire family either doing homework, reading or writing. You’ll still find time to do laundry and run errands, I promise. Your memoir is important to you and, with a little attention to it, by the time this school year ends you could be finished!

Whether you’re the parent or the kid, the start of a school year signals a major change in your routine. If you’ve been trying to find time to write your memoir, don’t let this opportunity pass! Now is the time to shape your daily schedule for the next nine months. If you let the first few weeks go by as you “catch up??? from the summer, it will be more difficult to set aside writing time.

Are you home during the day? If you know that you work best at a certain time of day, accommodate yourself! Set aside 9-11am or 1-3pm twice a week to work on your memoir. If you have “writer’s block,??? work on tasks that will help you once the writing starts to flow. For example, make a list and notes of your childhood friends or do some internet research on your hometown and what it was like when you were growing up.

If you go to work, a great way to model discipline for the kids is to set nightly and/or weekend study hours. Perhaps from 4-6pm every Sunday or 7:30-8:30pm Monday through Thursday—or both—your home turns into a sort of library, with the entire family either doing homework, reading or writing. You’ll still find time to do laundry and run errands, I promise. Your memoir is important to you and, with a little attention to it, by the time this school year ends you could be finished!

Your Memoir Can Become a Valuable Artifact

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Your Memoir Can Become a Valuable Artifact
You’re probably writing your memoir in order to provide your family with a written account of your life, which is part of their own personal history. Or you may hope to sell the memoir and make money, or to get it into stores and libraries so that it has a wider impact and people who’ve met the same challenges will have a voice. Either way, please also consider donating your memoir to the local historical society where you grew up or may still be living.
With that in mind, include memories of your surroundings and the events that shaped not only your life but the lives of those around you. Perhaps you witnessed a town’s only tornado, its big earthquake or the “snowstorm of the century.??? Maybe you remember the business district when it had just a handful of merchants, or you can picture farmland where a highway now runs. A colorful civic leader or resident may have made an impact on you. When you learned to drive, how much did it cost to fill up the tank at the gas station that still sits on the corner?
Your life represents a moment in time that we’ll never get back. The era’s good and bad are all worth documenting. As you write about your individual experiences, don’t forget that you’re part of a generation, a member of a society and a writer who has a fascinating story to tell not just about yourself, but about life as we knew it.

You’re probably writing your memoir in order to provide your family with a written account of your life, which is part of their own personal history. Or you may hope to sell the memoir and make money, or to get it into stores and libraries so that it has a wider impact and people who’ve met the same challenges will have a voice. Either way, please also consider donating your memoir to the local historical society where you grew up or may still be living.

With that in mind, include memories of your surroundings and the events that shaped not only your life but the lives of those around you. Perhaps you witnessed a town’s only tornado, its big earthquake or the “snowstorm of the century.??? Maybe you remember the business district when it had just a handful of merchants, or you can picture farmland where a highway now runs. A colorful civic leader or resident may have made an impact on you. When you learned to drive, how much did it cost to fill up the tank at the gas station that still sits on the corner?

Your life represents a moment in time that we’ll never get back. The era’s good and bad are all worth documenting. As you write about your individual experiences, don’t forget that you’re part of a generation, a member of a society and a writer who has a fascinating story to tell not just about yourself, but about life as we knew it.

Branding Yourself With a Memoir

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Branding Yourself: the Memoir Piece
If you have your own business, marketers recommend branding yourself as the best way to establish expertise in your field. Branding yourself simply refers to controlling how you’re defined and then getting your name, and even your face, out there in front of current and potential customers. Today people rely on blogs, podcasts, Facebook, Twitter and the “dinosaur??? of branding—personal appearances.
It’s also smart to become an author. Once you’ve written a book, you have something tangible to talk about as well as a reference through which people can learn more about you. You might be able to get the press to review the book or schedule radio interviews to talk about it. Typically, your book will deal with subject matter relating to your industry. A chef writes a cookbook; a landscape architect might publish a guide to creating a beautiful yard. But to let people get to know you and want to work with you, what’s more effective than writing a memoir?
It doesn’t have to be a long book recounting your entire life story. You can be very selective about the stories from your life that you share. In fact, a smaller book makes it easy to mail out to people or show in pdf form on your website. Instead of including TMI—too much information—you can focus on topics such as what inspired you to go into your field and perhaps some of your most interesting projects. The memoir itself will set you apart from your competition!

If you have your own business, marketers recommend branding yourself as the best way to establish expertise in your field. Branding yourself simply refers to controlling how you’re defined and then getting your name, and even your face, out there in front of current and potential customers. Today people rely on blogs, podcasts, Facebook, Twitter and the “dinosaur??? of branding—personal appearances.

It’s also smart to become an author. Once you’ve written a book, you have something tangible to talk about as well as a reference through which people can learn more about you. You might be able to get the press to review the book or schedule radio interviews to talk about it. Typically, your book will deal with subject matter relating to your industry. A chef writes a cookbook; a landscape architect might publish a guide to creating a beautiful yard. But to let people get to know you and want to work with you, what’s more effective than writing a memoir?

It doesn’t have to be a long book recounting your entire life story. You can be very selective about the stories from your life that you share. In fact, a smaller book makes it easy to mail out to people or show in pdf form on your website. Instead of including TMI—too much information—you can focus on topics such as what inspired you to go into your field and perhaps some of your most interesting projects. The memoir itself will set you apart from your competition!

Enter Writer’s Digest Competitions for Cash

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Enter Writer’s Digest Competitions for Cash
Since you’re sitting down daily to write your memoirs—you are, right?—you might as well try to score some prize money for your trouble. We like to periodically list legitimate writing contests so you can challenge yourself to keep writing better. To keep you busy throughout the remaining months of 2011, Writer’s Digest offers a variety of competitions targeting different writing styles. They include:
Script. If you want to write a screenplay, here’s your chance to show your creative potential and win not only a monetary prize but also mentoring sessions with a Hollywood screenwriter.
Short story. Writer’s Digest posts a new topic every month; stories must be 750 words or fewer. In a separate short story competition, the limit is 1,500 words.
Your genre of choice—horror, thriller, science fiction, romance, crime or young adult fiction. There’s a contest for each of those.
Poetry. If you’re a poet, you know it!
In November, Writer’s Digest will open two more: its Annual Writing Competition for 2012 and its next International Self-Published Book Awards program. These two competitions comprise many categories and offer multiple prizes. To compete in the Self-Published Book Awards, of course, you need to have published a book. Please check our publishing page for details on how we can help you do that at a very affordable price!
http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions/writing-competitions

Since you’re sitting down daily to write your memoirs—you are, right?—you might as well try to score some prize money for your trouble. We like to periodically list legitimate writing contests so you can challenge yourself to grow and continue to improve your writing. To keep you busy throughout the remaining months of 2011, Writer’s Digest offers a variety of competitions targeting different writing styles. They include:

  • Script. If you want to write a screenplay, here’s your chance to show your creative potential and win not only a monetary prize but also mentoring sessions with a bona fide Hollywood screenwriter.
  • Short story. Writer’s Digest posts a new topic every month; stories must be 750 words or fewer. In a separate short story competition, the limit is 1,500 words.
  • Your genre of choice—horror, thriller, science fiction, romance, crime or young adult fiction. There’s a contest for each of those.
  • Poetry. If you’re a poet, you know it!

In November, Writer’s Digest will open two more: its Annual Writing Competition for 2012 and its next International Self-Published Book Awards program. These two competitions comprise many categories and offer multiple prizes. To compete in the Self-Published Book Awards, of course, you need to have published a book. Please check our “Publish My Book” page for details on how we can help you do that at a very affordable price!

Is "Digital" the New Book?

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Is “Digital??? the New Book?
At Write My Memoirs, we help people publish their autobiographies in the format of the traditional book. Our standard book is an 5.5 x 8.5 paperback, typically with a photograph on the cover. In 2011, our authors still want a hard copy of their hard work, and their families appreciate being able to hold and read a real book about that person’s life. Will that be true five or ten years from now?
In today’s piece lamenting the demise of Borders bookstores, Chicago Tribune columnist John Keilman makes his case for why a bookstore chain may be closing but books themselves will live on. He cites all the reasons you’ve heard before about book lovers enjoying the feel, sight and smell of a book. He mentions theories about cognition that have to do with the way a traditional book is laid out. And I have to say that I disagree with all of it.
I think that ordinary people who write their memoirs will still want to publish hard copies. But new generations growing up in a digital world will have their cognitive responses shaped by digital stimuli. They won’t miss the smell of a new book anymore than the rest of us miss the aroma of fresh sheets drying in the breeze on the clothesline. Devices like the Kindle will improve in just the ways book lovers need them to and, while old books and personal memoirs may still be cherished in hard copy format, I believe that the vast majority of books will be read digitally. What do you think?

At Write My Memoirs, we help people publish their autobiographies in the format of the traditional book. Our standard book is a 5.5 x 8.5 paperback, typically with a photograph on the cover. In 2011, our authors still want a hard copy of their hard work, and their families appreciate being able to hold and read a real book about that person’s life. Will that be true five or ten years from now?

In today’s piece lamenting the demise of Borders bookstores, Chicago Tribune columnist John Keilman makes his case for why a bookstore chain may be closing but books themselves will survive. He cites all the reasons you’ve heard before about book lovers enjoying the feel, sight and smell of a book. He mentions theories about cognition that have to do with the way a traditional book is laid out. And I have to say that I disagree with all of it.

I think that ordinary people who write their memoirs will still want to publish hard copies. But new generations growing up in a digital world will have their cognitive responses shaped by digital stimuli. They won’t miss the smell of a new book anymore than the rest of us miss the aroma of fresh sheets drying in the breeze on the clothesline. Devices like the Kindle will improve in just the ways book lovers need them to and, while old books and personal memoirs may still be cherished in hard copy format, I believe that the vast majority of books will be read digitally. What do you think?

Rupert Murdoch: Never a Memoir?

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Rupert Murdoch: Never a Memoir?
In light of the current scandal surrounding publishing mogul Rupert Murdoch, I thought I’d take a look at his memoir. After all, an 80-year-old man whose professional life revolves around the written word must have penned at least one autobiography, right? Apparently not.
There are plenty of Murdoch biographies, the most recent a 2008 unflattering portrayal, The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the World of Rupert Murdoch, by Michael Wolff. Reportedly, Murdoch cooperated with this biography, but the author turned against him. This drives home the point we make here at Write My Memoirs over and over: own your life story. Even if you’re not the subject of an entire biography and the only press you get is people’s comments about you on Facebook, why would you risk letting other people define you? Write your own story so at least it’s out there as your perception of the truth.
I’m baffled by the lack of a Murdoch memoir. Three years ago in reviewing The Man Who Owns the News, slate.com noted that biographer Wolff found Murdoch “unburdened by [the] human need to be liked??? as well as “bad at explaining himself in interviews and generally devoid of self-awareness.??? So maybe that combination adds up to zero motivation to write about yourself. These days Murdoch may find that he’s asked to explain himself quite a bit, and the dark side of his memoir will more or less write itself.

In light of the current scandal surrounding publishing mogul Rupert Murdoch, I thought I’d take a look at his memoir. After all, an 80-year-old man whose professional life revolves around the written word must have penned at least one autobiography, right? Apparently not.

There are plenty of Murdoch biographies, the most recent a 2008 unflattering portrayal, The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the World of Rupert Murdoch, by Michael Wolff. Reportedly, Murdoch cooperated with this biography, but the author turned against him. This drives home the point we make here at Write My Memoirs over and over: own your life story. Even if you’re not the subject of an entire biography and the only press you get is people’s comments about you on Facebook, why would you risk letting other people define you? Write your own story so at least it’s out there as your perception of the truth.

I’m baffled by the lack of a Murdoch memoir. Three years ago in reviewing The Man Who Owns the News, slate.com noted that biographer Wolff found Murdoch “unburdened by [the] human need to be liked??? as well as “bad at explaining himself in interviews and generally devoid of self-awareness.??? So maybe that combination adds up to zero motivation to write about yourself. These days Murdoch may find that he’s asked to explain himself quite a bit, and the dark side of his memoir will more or less write itself.

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Then just set up a chapter and start writing your memoir. Don’t worry about rules. There are no rules to writing your memoir; there are only trends. These trends are based on techniques and features identified in current top-selling memoirs. At best, they’re the flavor of the month. If you’re capturing your life in print for your family, for your own gratification or to inspire readers, rather than aiming to set off Hollywood screenplay bidding wars, these trends don’t even apply to you. You’ll write the memoir that suits you best, and it will be timeless, not trend-driven.There are no rules, but there are four steps:

1. Theme/framework
2. Writing
3. Editing/polishing
4. Self-publishing

You’ve researched this, too, and you’ve been shocked at the price for getting help with any one of those steps, much less all four. That’s because most memoir sites promise to commercialize your work. They’ll follow a formula based on current memoir trends, because they want to convince you that they can turn your memoir into a best-seller. These sites overwhelm you with unnecessary information not to help you, the memoir author, but to address Search Engine Optimization (SEO) algorithms so they can sell more.

That’s not what we do at Write My Memoirs. Our small community of coaches, writers and editors are every bit as skilled as any you’ll find, and we charge appropriately for their expertise and the time they’ll spend helping you craft a compelling, enjoyable read. But you won’t pay an upcharge for other websites’ commercialization, the marketing that follows, and the pages of intimidating “advice.” You can sell your book if you like—we have ISBNs available for you—but our organic process of capturing your story takes a noncommercial path.

If you want help with any or all of the four steps above, choose from our services or save money by selecting one of our packages. If you’d like to talk about what’s right for you, schedule a call. One year from now, you can be holding your published memoir in your hand. And at that point, it will be a big deal!

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