Linda Joy Myers: 4 books

“I wanted to tell the secret stories that my great-grandmother Blanche whispered to me on summer nights in a featherbed in Iowa. I was eight and she was eighty . . .” At the age of four, a little girl stands on a cold, windy railroad platform in Wichita, Kansas, watching a train take her mother...

Ever since she was a child, Linda Joy Myers felt the power of the past. As the third daughter in her family to be abandoned or estranged by a mother, she observed the consequences of that heritage on the women she loved as well as herself. But thanks to the stories told to her by her great-grandmother,...

• Memoir writing is a popular hobby, and increasingly a “bucket list” item. The surge in its popularity means the appetite for books that blend inspiration and how-to is on the rise. • Myers and Warner co-lead the online class, Write Your Memoir in Six Months, which sells out two classes every six months. They also teach an ongoing popular best-selling memoir series.

In Journey of Memoir you will find lessons on how to write a great scene; information on the difference between freewriting and outlining, and why you need both; timeline and turning point exercises to help create structure; and much more. This unique workbook gives you the tools you need to begin, develop, and complete your memoir.