by Christina Howell | Sep 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Magic of Repeating Themes While I was looking through old book club questions and notes, I was reminded of how much I loved Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur. It had it all: beautiful writing, a story as captivating as any fiction, stunning imagery, and complex...
by Christina Howell | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Book Club Last week, we had a great conversation about the Pulitzer Prize winning book Angela’s Ashes in our book club. It was interesting to hear how some people loved it and thought it was quite funny while others felt that it was too much misery piled upon...
by Christina Howell | Jul 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Back by popular demand: Polishing Your Pages Last year, we had a popular and constructive event called Polishing Your Pages where we edited and provided written and verbal feedback on each other’s first ten pages. Many of you have requested that we have an event...
by Christina Howell | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Advice for Breaking out of the Summer Writing Slump Breaking Out of the Summer Writing Slump: Beat the Heat and Ignite Your Creativity! Hey there, fellow memoirists! Summer is in full swing here in Munich, and while the sun may be shining bright and the beer gardens...
by Christina Howell | May 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Changing to Thursdays We’re changing back to Thursdays. See below or click here to see the revised schedule. Advice on Flashbacks and Timeline A while back, I took a class from Wendy Dale, founder of Memoir Writing for Geniuses and author of the...
by Christina Howell | Apr 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Book Club Choice: The Liars’ Club by Mary Karr July 11, 2023 – 7:00pm Munich time, 10:00am Pacific Sign up here:https://www.meetup.com/memoir-mentors/events/293061968/ In the Memoir Mentors Book Club, we read memoirs with a memoirist’s eye, looking...
