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Write Your Memoir in Six Months in the New York Times, along with five tips from Brooke about memoir writing:

1. FIND A WRITING PARTNER.
2. JOT DOWN ALL YOUR EXCUSES.
3. PAY YOURSELF FOR SHOWING UP.
4. KEEP A DAILY JOURNAL.
5. TURN OFF YOUR INTERNET.

Read the full article, "Appeal of Writing Memoirs Grows, as Do Publishing Options."

Read Brooke's 2021 interview, "Writing Your Story: The Healing Power of Memoir-Writing," in the San Jose Mercury News.

Linda Joy and our Write Your Memoir in Six Months course were previously covered by the Mercury News in 2015.

"I tell people that the more they learn to create a real scene, the more they learn to taste, feel and see what happened, the more they will tell a better story for other people. ... and the more they are going to heal themselves from the experience they're writing about."
—Linda Joy Myers.

Read the full article, "Writing Your Story: The Healing Power of Memoir-Writing"