Comments on: Jim McCarthy on what makes a memoir publishable

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By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:04:00 +0000

I have just ONE comment. How to find a publisher for my memoirs? I know they are interesting (the memoirs but I suppose the publishers too) and unusual – how much do you know about South Africa after all? City slicker gone farming amongst different cultures and emerging 25 years later with sense of humour not only intact, but possibly sharpened. Who to approach?
And by the way, my dog has also written his for children – same question applies!

By: eagle

eagle — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:25:00 +0000

I love memoirs about people who take risks to make a difference in the world and ultimately make you think about how you live your life. THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortensen is one of those,although it's really an "as told to." The writing is not as fabulous as the story which gets an A+ for adventure, inspiration, and authenticity.

My memoir, EAGLE ON THE HIGHWAY, is ready to find an agent and I'm trying to figure out how to levitate my query to the top of a slush pile from a rural hideaway in Montana. Barbara Lee

By: D. Mickle

D. Mickle — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:27:00 +0000

First Memoir in five years...? (serious grin)

Amazingly enough, at 62, I am NOT writing a memoir. (You may all gasp in shock now.)

While my life is a lot of fun, it is not one that people want to read about. No recovery from this or that addiction, no personal tragedies or horror stories... Only a lot of strange (Was that coincidence or something supernatural?) events in my life that, if written down, would be assumed to be fake and fiction, which would immediately turn people off...

What to do… What to do…

I will just have to stick with writing my life into fantasy and science fiction stories and hope for the best. Otherwise, they'd never believe it...

Hopefully, I will become famous enough that I can tell some of these: "The case of the disappearing salesgirl", "The miracle of the Laying on of Hands" and other strange but true events.

By: Linda B

Linda B — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:42:00 +0000

I recently read Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir EAT, PRAY, LOVE and really enjoyed it. I laughed, cried, and empathized even when I didn't completely agree with her.

I am working on a memoir with the working title LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE: FROM BIKER TRASH TO TRAILER TRASH. It is built around a 2 month RV trip we took with my 86-year-old parents, both of whom have dementia and tells of the changes that have occurred in our lives since they came to live with us.

Do memoirs need to be complete before submission, or like other works of non-fiction, can they be submitted as a work in progress?

I enjoyed reading your blog. It was very helpful.

Thanks,

Linda B

By: Susan B-K

Susan B-K — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:28:00 +0000

I am writing a memoir about my marriage to a man from central China in the 1990s and how, despite my background in China studies, I really learned about Chinese culture from him and from my interactions with his family.

My favorite memoir is "Golden Boy" by Martin Booth. I also enjoy reading memoirs about the Asian experience in the US.

By: Shinyung

Shinyung — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:23:00 +0000

I loved Richard Rodriguez's Hunger of Memory, Rick Bragg's All Over But the Shoutin, and Nien Cheng's Life & Death in Shanghai. I gravitate toward memoirs because they can be more accessible, can give you a slice of life that you may not otherwise get to see close up, can be a good way to blend history with sociology and other disciplines, and the writing can be just as top notch as in a good work of fiction.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:40:00 +0000

Sure have. After reading about it in People Magazine this fall, I found on Amazon a memoir by Sandra Hart called, Behind The Magic Mirror. She was a former Romper Room Teacher who has had a fascinating life revolving around celebrity, mental illness and murder. She was mentioned in People Mag in conjunction with her son, Emerson Hart, former lead singer of Grammy nominated Tonic. I couldn’t put it down.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:11:00 +0000

AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD by Annie Dilliard. Come on we can all elate to those revaltions that we have as a child. You know, those certain moments in time when our soul is awakened to the world around us.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:49:00 +0000

Recently read My War by Colby Buzzell, I thought excellent in its honesty and style. Am also working on a memoir of 15 months working as civilian volunteer for the US Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq, injured by IED as unintended exit – most war memoirs bore me or piss me off, seeming either gung-ho ignorant, banal or preachy, and almost all by soldier or journo men … Makes my own an interesting challenge.