Linda Joy Myers
Truth or Lie: Fiction vs. Memoir--How Memoir Writers Can Approach Truth and Healing
The recent flap about James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces has hit the media with a big bang, bringing the age-old debate about what is acceptable when writing memoir--a "real" story.
Date Posted: March 27, 2006
Beginning Your Memoir Despite Family Guilt and Critic Voices
When we first decide to write, we feel good about it—we have memories and stories that form who we are. We want to explore ourselves, to capture times long gone and preserve them in story form. To leave a legacy about our lives.
Date Posted: February 08, 2006
Abandoned Again—How We Repeat Our Childhood in the Present
The woman on the couch looks up at me miserably, tears in her eyes, as she tells me about her most recent bad relationship. “I’m sick of choosing guys who aren’t there for me.
Date Posted: December 23, 2005
Connecting the Past and the Present: Healing Abandonment and Abuse through Awareness
Many people I work with in therapy or in my writing-as-healing classes discover stories that surprise them—stories about the mistakes they felt their parents made, power imbalances in the family, or stories about physical or sexual abuse.
Date Posted: December 23, 2005
Ghost Mothers
So many women talk about their relationships with their mothers—no matter how old they are. For some, their mother, from whom they have supposedly separated long ago, still occupies a central place in the psyche.
Date Posted: December 08, 2005
Weaving the Brokenness
My daughter puts her arms around me, her brown eyes soft and beckoning. Her rounded belly and motherly curves rest against me, and for a moment I choke up. She is pregnant with a girl baby whose middle name will be Joy like mine.
Date Posted: December 08, 2005
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