# writing memoir (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover writing memoir. Page: Feed: --- ## [Dolly.](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/dolly) _2026-08-25 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ Her voice, more than that of anyone else, has provided the soundtrack for my life. And a blueprint for overcoming hard times. Joyfully. ## [An incurable disease. A perfect lake house. An unrepairable stove. And where one goes from there.](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/an-incurable-disease-a-perfect-lake) _2026-08-16 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ A woman born in 1953 finds happiness in the form of a stove manufactured in 1939. And a lesson in carrying on with our one precious life. ## [The Trauma Olympics](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/the-trauma-olympics) _2026-08-16 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ Jason Arday, fact-checking and memoir, and why writers lie ## [On Love, Motorcycles, and the Art of Being a Passenger](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/on-love-motorcycles-and-the-art-of) _2026-08-12 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ But mostly, this one's about love. The greatest adventure. ## [How to Give Cover Feedback](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/how-to-give-cover-feedback) _2026-08-09 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ A look under the hood of book cover design process, why you're likely to have an in-house liaison, and why AI is not welcome ## [Book Publishing Doesn’t Know What It Thinks About AI—and It Shows](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/book-publishing-doesnt-know-what) _2026-08-02 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ A publisher’s take on why there are so many AI scandals in book publishing and why they will keep happening ## [How telling your story can save your life](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/how-telling-your-story-can-save-your) _2026-08-02 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ (It may have saved mine.) And if you need some assistance, my sister and I can be there for you ## [Where my ideas come from (Part 2)](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/where-my-ideas-come-from-part-2) _2026-07-28 · @ Home in the World_ Every good novel traces back to the writer's obsessions. ## [She Writes Press is awarding two traditional publishing contracts!](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/she-writes-press-is-awarding-two) _2026-07-26 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ Why we have a contest for writers of color, and help us spread the word (submissions close on September 10) ## [Here comes a sample from my new novel, In Wonderland....](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/here-comes-a-sample-from-my-new-novel) _2026-07-21 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ A recording by Joyce Maynard ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OBIX1kZT1eUx) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Your Writing Is Enough](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/your-writing-is-enough) _2026-07-19 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ What authors tell me when I've called them out for using AI in their writing—and why to resist the temptation to let it write for you ## [A Field Guide to Increasing Book Sales by 300%](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/a-field-guide-to-increasing-book) _2026-07-12 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ Facebook's Massive Backfire Maneuver in Its Efforts to Silence Author Sarah Wynn-Williams ## [My sister and I are publishing a book together....](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/my-sister-and-i-are-publishing-a) _2026-07-11 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ The book is by our mother. And it's a beauty. ## [HOW MY SATURDAY NIGHTS AS A BABYSITTER, LONG AGO, INSPIRED A NOVEL](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/how-my-saturday-nights-as-a-babysitter) _2026-07-08 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ (Part 1 of “where my ideas come from”) ## [Two weddings--40 years apart--and why there is unlikely to be a third](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/two-weddings-40-years-apart-and-why) _2026-07-05 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ Long before this weekend’s extravaganza at Madison Square Garden (for anyone who’s been asleep for the last few weeks, I’m talking about Taylor and Travis), the 4th of July weekend has summoned memories of weddings. ## [Getting to Zero: What a Publisher Is For, No Matter Who’s Paying](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/getting-to-zero-what-a-publisher) _2026-07-05 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ The idea for this post has been sitting with me for a couple months, so I’m taking you back to April, when I attended the Publishing Professionals Network conference in my hometown of Berkeley, California, with Jane Friedman keynoting. ## [The Librarians Are Angry (and They’re Not Wrong)](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/the-librarians-are-angry-and-theyre) _2026-06-28 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ Why library borrows and eBook discounts are not lost sales or income ## [The Tell's Biggest Tells](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/the-tells-biggest-tells) _2026-06-21 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ Privilege and money, truth and memory, and who gets believed ## ["I'm not a writer", you say. Only there's this story you can't get out of your head....](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/im-not-a-writer-you-say-only-theres) _2026-06-18 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ I'd like to help you tell it. ## [Why Write?](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/why-write-0ca) _2026-06-17 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ Listen now (15 mins) | Episode Two [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186907941/fa1c6fa0be3a7bc35f271c244f36f9c3.mp3) ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dVoi5G0ZleL1) _2026-06-17 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [Writing Memoir Is Hard](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/writing-memoir-is-hard) _2026-06-14 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ On Resistance, the Unnatural Work of Personal Writing, and the Reward ## [An Introduction to Writing Memoir](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-writing-memoir-0b8) _2026-06-10 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ Listen now (14 mins) | Episode 1 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186907942/40990556b84188465fcf137e79e08092.mp3) ## [Season of grief part 2: My dying husband took me to see Bob Dylan](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/season-of-grief-part-2-my-dying-husband) _2026-06-10 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ I've been to many Bob Dylan concerts, in fact. None like that one. ## [Season of grief: The last time I baked a pie for my husband](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/season-of-grief-the-last-time-i-baked) _2026-06-07 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ (But this isn't about making pie. It's about love.) ## [Who Are You, Anyway?](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/who-are-you-anyway) _2026-06-07 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ Elaine Petrocelli and 50 Years of Book Passage ## [The day I jumped into the pit in the London Tube to retrieve my son's lost juggling ball](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/the-day-i-jumped-into-the-pit-in) _2026-06-02 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ And I actually believed I was protecting him. From sorrow. ## [No Rules, No Fact-Checkers, No Plan](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/no-rules-no-fact-checkers-no-plan) _2026-05-31 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ What publishing's latest AI scandal reveals about the future of AI and authorship ## [Let's talk about writing memoir....](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/lets-talk-about-writing-memoir) _2026-05-28 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ A recording from Joyce Maynard's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199531063/f57365b73253f561519e38b57c91b800.mp3) ## [Write Everything. Publish Carefully.](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/write-everything-publish-carefully) _2026-05-24 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ A publisher's guide to writing memoir in a more combative world (with case studies) ## [Stephen Colbert got me through the loss of my husband....](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/stephen-colbert-got-me-through-the) _2026-05-22 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ Now who's going to get me through the loss of Stephen Colbert? ## [Find what they just said (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gxVKFlggyDV2) _2026-05-22 · **Sponsored**_ Surface recent public signals so you can send policy-aware, relevant outreach ## [Write with Me](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/write-with-me) _2026-05-19 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ Opportunities to write, connect, and be held accountable ## [What Actually Sells Books](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/what-actually-sells-books) _2026-05-17 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ The Magic AI Can't Touch ## [Come over to my house for dinner....](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/come-over-to-my-house-for-dinner) _2026-05-14 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ I guess I should mention, my house sits on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. And it's worth the trip. ## [My unlikely career as an innkeeper](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/my-unlikely-career-as-an-innkeeper) _2026-05-13 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ ...in a small village in Guatemala, on the shores of what may be the most beautiful lake in the world ## [The Gentle Art of Nagging](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/the-gentle-art-of-nagging) _2026-05-10 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ A Writer's Guide to Book Blurbs and Why They Still Very Much Matter ## [Why Authors Are Perfect Victims](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/why-authors-are-perfect-victims) _2026-05-03 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ What to do about impersonation, offers that are too good to be true, and the flattery trap ## [My first crack at Swedish Death Cleaning](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/my-first-crack-at-swedish-death-cleaning) _2026-05-02 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ But I'm not dead yet... ## [Live with Joyce Maynard](https://athomeintheworld.substack.com/p/live-with-joyce-maynard-7f5) _2026-04-29 · Joyce Maynard · @ Home in the World_ A recording from Joyce Maynard's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/195815765/c43da2db4337a9742ba34f4b9370989a.mp3) ## [Don't Overlook Your Subtitle](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/dont-overlook-your-subtitle) _2026-04-26 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ A Genre-by-Genre Guide for Authors ## [Don't Vanish](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/dont-vanish) _2026-04-19 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ Why to Write (and Keep Writing) During Trying Times ## [Hybrid Publishing: From Frontier to Mainstream](https://brookewarner.substack.com/p/hybrid-publishing-from-frontier-to) _2026-04-12 · Brooke Warner · Writerly Things with Brooke Warner_ Why I think hybrid publishing has finally arrived.