tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post7072480240704262810..comments2024-03-28T06:41:36.204-04:00Comments on Dystel & Goderich Literary Management: Jim McCarthy on what makes a memoir publishableDGLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594925221862242748noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-125816255166092722009-07-21T22:51:27.277-04:002009-07-21T22:51:27.277-04:00童裝批發
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How to find a publisher ...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? <BR/>And by the way, my dog has also written his for children - same question applies!Marynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02250014927852779057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-40784309034063544342008-10-11T15:25:00.000-04:002008-10-11T15:25:00.000-04:00I love memoirs about people who take risks to make...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.<BR/><BR/>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 Leeeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356483247690584343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-51165169567047837382008-09-20T07:27:00.000-04:002008-09-20T07:27:00.000-04:00First Memoir in five years...? (serious grin)Amaz...First Memoir in five years...? (serious grin)<BR/><BR/>Amazingly enough, at 62, I am NOT writing a memoir. (You may all gasp in shock now.)<BR/><BR/>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...<BR/><BR/>What to do… What to do…<BR/><BR/>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...<BR/><BR/>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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-1721010760586956582008-09-10T13:42:00.000-04:002008-09-10T13:42:00.000-04:00I recently read Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir EAT, PR...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.<BR/><BR/>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.<BR/><BR/>Do memoirs need to be complete before submission, or like other works of non-fiction, can they be submitted as a work in progress?<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed reading your blog. It was very helpful.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/><BR/>Linda BLinda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15847055826628255147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-58206073953099077362008-08-27T23:28:00.000-04:002008-08-27T23:28:00.000-04:00I am writing a memoir about my marriage to a man f...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.<BR/><BR/>My favorite memoir is "Golden Boy" by Martin Booth. I also enjoy reading memoirs about the Asian experience in the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-67269016195573729852008-08-19T18:23:00.000-04:002008-08-19T18:23:00.000-04:00I loved Richard Rodriguez's Hunger of Memory, ...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.Shinyunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223210004939369907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-34075644305279135382008-07-04T17:40:00.000-04:002008-07-04T17:40:00.000-04:00Sure have. After reading about it in People Magazi...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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-83499624211543039502008-06-11T19:11:00.000-04:002008-06-11T19:11:00.000-04:00AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD by Annie Dilliard. Come on w...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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-86028482899665881232008-06-06T15:49:00.000-04:002008-06-06T15:49:00.000-04:00Recently read My War by Colby Buzzell, I thought e...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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-8310643598706933922008-06-01T08:53:00.000-04:002008-06-01T08:53:00.000-04:00Anything by Natalie Goldberg...Anything by Natalie Goldberg...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-19213642342855765842008-05-31T01:07:00.000-04:002008-05-31T01:07:00.000-04:00Liar's Club, The Sorrows of Young Werther and anyt...Liar's Club, The Sorrows of Young Werther and anything by M.F. K. Fisher.<BR/><BR/>Best ones look through a narrowed lens at life's larger meanings.<BR/><BR/>A memoir is not a biography.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-26921430540359548572008-05-30T10:25:00.000-04:002008-05-30T10:25:00.000-04:00Not working on a memoir. Have my parents to thank...Not working on a memoir. Have my parents to thank for that -- comfy upbringing in which my lowest moment was when the sewing machine repair man came to the door (yes, they actually used to make house calls) and called my older sister pretty and my younger one cute. He had no scrap-of-an-adjective to toss my way. I was crushed.<BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, maybe I will write a memoir and call it SEWING PAINS.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I loved Baba's memoia, too. She's an amazing woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-44691574111046323022008-05-30T09:01:00.000-04:002008-05-30T09:01:00.000-04:00CONFESSIONS OF A FAILED SOUTHERN LADY by Florence ...CONFESSIONS OF A FAILED SOUTHERN LADY by Florence King. Hilarious without being snide, and King is a fantastic writer.Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969399927758009095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-48317866678349222622008-05-28T22:25:00.000-04:002008-05-28T22:25:00.000-04:00EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert. Amazing boo...EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert. Amazing book, and I mostly read kidlit. Hook: she travels to 3 different countries for 4 months each and learns 3 different things. Plus the voice is touching and funny.<BR/><BR/>Also, Howard Dully's MY LOBOTOMY. Wow. About how his family had his brain picked by good ol Doc Freeman in the 1950s. Crazy, good story. Hook: a man who had a lobotomy as a child lives to tell about how it changed his life.<BR/><BR/>So no, my life is not that interesting so I won't be writing my own. Great post!DeenaMLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093257361683249174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-72412918132580395432008-05-28T13:52:00.000-04:002008-05-28T13:52:00.000-04:00I liked THE GLASS HOUSE and I think if anyone's th...I liked THE GLASS HOUSE and I think if anyone's thinking about writing a memoir they should read it first. For me, I have to like the characters...even the bad ones. And stepping aside so you can view your life objectivley is an important part of the process.ryan fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361694356025572544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-89533298780491938972008-05-28T12:39:00.000-04:002008-05-28T12:39:00.000-04:00I liked Teacher Man by Frank McCourt. Then again,...I liked <I>Teacher Man</I> by Frank McCourt. Then again, I'm a teacher and a Dodger fan, so....Jake Nantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637039507172446111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-87607905601289047022008-05-28T11:42:00.000-04:002008-05-28T11:42:00.000-04:00I love memoirs. Someone gave me a copy of 'The Gla...I love memoirs. Someone gave me a copy of 'The Glass Castle,' but I would have bought it anyway, for the description -- and the cover. <BR/><BR/>Flora Thompson's 'Lark Rise to Candleford' and Ian Denys Peek's 'One-Fourteenth of an Elephant' are perhaps my two favorites. The latter took me by surprise. It is definitely not PC, and it is not a comfortable read either, but it is compellingly honest and heartfelt; reading it I got the feeling that the author really wanted to write it -- that not writing it was not an option for him. <BR/><BR/>I've been working on my own memoir for longer than I care to remember. I find it such a challenge -- trying to be honest and interesting at the same time.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-20299331405586764152008-05-27T18:56:00.000-04:002008-05-27T18:56:00.000-04:00I love what you said about Burrough's latest. You ...I love what you said about Burrough's latest. You nailed exactly what I've been thinking. How is a memoir something you publish EVERY FEW YEARS?<BR/><BR/>Personally, I'm not a big fan of memoirs. It's too hard to take anything objectively. I do love biographies if the author is credible.<BR/><BR/>Okay, I admit I'm just trying to sound smart. I mostly read middle grade and young adult fantasy. Go Percy Jackson!James Dashnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09858761509340907465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-63573742329815671022008-05-27T14:17:00.000-04:002008-05-27T14:17:00.000-04:00Yup, working on a memoir. Seeking representation (...Yup, working on a memoir. Seeking representation (reading agent blogs). My favorite memoir isn't actually a memoir. I love Antonia White's quartet so so much. Then it's the usual suspects: Annie Dillard, Edmund White. I know pretty much every book Anne Lamott writes is the same book but I like 'em anyway. And I liked Lucy Grealy a whole lot, which made me like Truth & Beauty as gossip though not so much as a memoir.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04164833674841541784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-15892493004035026402008-05-27T13:25:00.000-04:002008-05-27T13:25:00.000-04:00I like BUFFALO FOR THE BROKEN HEART by Dan O'Brien...I like BUFFALO FOR THE BROKEN HEART by Dan O'Brien. I don't read a lot of memoir...I'm not sure if Carol Burnett's is a memoir or an autobiography (because I read it so long ago), but it's pretty amazing either way. It's called ONE MORE TIME.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com