Memoir 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.
Dear Christma | Read More…
by Janis Kunz
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Excerpt from: Secrets; My Career Behind Locked Doors | Read More…
by Michael Raff
Daddy & Me | Read More…
by Ann Miner
Raising Grandma Sheila | Read More…
by Sheila Moss
Summer Solstice, June 21| Read More…
by Ann Miner
The B-29s | Read More…
by James E. Simmons
My Christmas Memory | Read More…
by Jenny Margotta
Ars Gratia Artis | Read More…
by Monte Swann
My Grandmother’s Ten Commandments| Read More…
by Carole Wagener
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