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Behind the Story: What is your memoir really about? (opens the original)
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In Sunday’s essay, I wrote about selling every copy of Accidental First Lady I brought to a local author book fair. I also mentioned something that happens at events like these: a potential reader sees the title, flips through the book, and decides they don’t want to read another political book.I understand the assumption. I spent 22 years as a political spouse. But when someone pauses long enough to talk, I can tell them
The Community I Didn’t Know Was Waiting for Me (opens the original)
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What 5 Years as a Published Memoirist Taught Me About the Stories We Tell (opens the original)
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My memoir, Accidental First Lady, turns five next month.And I’ll admit something: Sometimes I wonder whether my story has run its course.Then I meet a reader who tells me the book stayed with her. Someone discovers it for the first time. Or a copy unexpectedly finds its way into another reader’s hands.And I’m reminded:We don’t get to decide how long our stories will matter—or who might need them.In this episode of Making Memoir Magic, I’m looking back at nearly five years as a published memoiris
Behind the Story (opens the original)
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On Sunday, I wrote about the stories we keep promising ourselves we’ll write “someday.”If you haven’t yet read that essay, you can read it here. That will help youwith the rest of this week’s writing exercises. In that essay, I asked you to consider the question:Wh
5 Things I Didn’t Know When I Decided to Write My Memoir (opens the original)
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