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3 weeks ago | 
memoirland.substack.com | Sari Botton
Since 2010, invariouspublications, I’ve interviewed authors—mostly memoirists—about aspects of writing and publishing. Initially I did this for my own edification, as someone who was struggling to find the courage and support to write and publish my memoir. I’m still curious about other authors’ experiences, and I know many of you are, too. So, inspired by the popularity of The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, I’ve launched The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.
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3 weeks ago | 
memoirland.substack.com | Sari Botton
Readers,During my eight years as the editorial director of a wonderful storytelling non-profit called TMI Project, I often had to come up with writing prompts for workshops I led.
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3 weeks ago | 
memoirland.substack.com | Diana Spechler
This year marks 100 years since The Great Gatsby entered the world and Greg Olear has released a new edition of it that includes this essay by . —Like Daisy Buchanan, I once had a stalker. Like Daisy’s stalker, mine was a fabulist. He would reminisce about his escapades with “Leo,” his romantic relationship with Jennifer Love Hewitt, the time he punched Toby Maguire when they lived together in Hollywood.
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3 weeks ago | 
memoirland.substack.com | Sari Botton
Since 2010, invariouspublications, I’ve interviewed authors—mostly memoirists—about aspects of writing and publishing. Initially I did this for my own edification, as someone who was struggling to find the courage and support to write and publish my memoir. I’m still curious about other authors’ experiences, and I know many of you are, too. So, inspired by the popularity of The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, I’ve launched The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.
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4 weeks ago | 
memoirland.substack.com | Sari Botton
Readers,During my eight years as the editorial director of a wonderful storytelling non-profit called TMI Project, I often had to come up with writing prompts for workshops I led.
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1 month ago | 
memoirland.substack.com | Sari Botton
By “I’m hearing the words, ‘Don’t give up the apartment.’ ”It was my first of what would eventually add up to ten yearly appointments with Sophie, a psychic who was popular among media types—a ritual I’d later refer to as my “annual checkup.”We were seated in the run-down, rent-controlled sixth-floor walk-up Sophie herself had held on to for twenty-odd years at the corner of Mott and Prince Streets. In the fall of 1993 that neighborhood was still considered Little Italy.
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1 month ago | 
memoirland.substack.com | Sari Botton
Since 2010, invariouspublications, I’ve interviewed authors—mostly memoirists—about aspects of writing and publishing. Initially I did this for my own edification, as someone who was struggling to find the courage and support to write and publish my memoir. I’m still curious about other authors’ experiences, and I know many of you are, too. So, inspired by the popularity of The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, I’ve launched The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.
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1 month ago | 
memoirland.substack.com | Sari Botton
Since 2010, invariouspublications, I’ve interviewed authors—mostly memoirists—about aspects of writing and publishing. Initially I did this for my own edification, as someone who was struggling to find the courage and support to write and publish my memoir. I’m still curious about other authors’ experiences, and I know many of you are, too. So, inspired by the popularity of The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, I’ve launched The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.
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1 month ago | 
memoirland.substack.com | Sari Botton
Readers,During my eight years as the editorial director of a wonderful storytelling non-profit called TMI Project, I often had to come up with writing prompts for workshops I led.
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1 month ago | 
memoirland.substack.com | Sari Botton
Since 2010, invariouspublications, I’ve interviewed authors—mostly memoirists—about aspects of writing and publishing. Initially I did this for my own edification, as someone who was struggling to find the courage and support to write and publish my memoir. I’m still curious about other authors’ experiences, and I know many of you are, too. So, inspired by the popularity of The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, I’ve launched The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire.