Author Archives: Theo Nestor

Theo’s Summer Reading Recommendations

Posted on May 17, 2013

Interested in learning more about personal narrative and memoir? Here are some books you might want to read: Barrington, Judith. Writing the Memoir.Eighth Mountain Press, 2002. Goldberg, Natalie. Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir. Free Press, … Continue reading →

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Memoir 101 Friend Discount Until May 17th

Posted on May 10, 2013

Planning on working on your memoir this summer? I’m offering a four-week teleseminar designed to help you advance your memoir project starting June 11th. Sign up with a friend before May 17th and you’ll each receive a fifty- dollar discount … Continue reading →

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Take a Memoir 101 Telecourse with Theo

Posted on April 19, 2013

Interested in getting started writing memoir?  Enroll in my Memoir 101 course, a five-class teleseminar that will teach you the fundamentals of memoir writing and guide you through generative writing tasks designed to help you discover your material and bring … Continue reading →

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The One Question Every New Writer Wants Answered

Posted on April 15, 2013

On the last day of the quarter, I often ask students in my memoir class to write down on an anonymous slip of paper a question about writing.  When I did this recently, I received a number of questions about … Continue reading →

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Where I’ve Been Lately

Posted on April 14, 2013

Hi Readers–if I still have readers–please, tell me I do, I loathe blog posts that begin with how guilty the blogger feels for a great absence from blogging–so I won’t fall into that trap here, but it has been a … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Sonya Chung, founder of Bloom

Posted on December 8, 2012

Hi Readers, Today I’m talking to Sonya Chung, founder of Bloom, a new site that highlights the work of authors making their publishing debuts after the age of forty.  I met Sonya fifteen years ago at the University of Washington’s … Continue reading →

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Experience Required: "The Price of Admission"

Posted on November 25, 2012

Reblogged from Bloom: It started in my freshman composition class. “It” being love, a crush, a longing for something more, although what that more was I couldn’t say.  I only knew that after devouring the assigned essays and short stories, … Continue reading →

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Candace Walsh Dishes on Licking the Spoon

Posted on November 14, 2012

It’s book launch week for my friend and writing ally Candace Walsh as her yummy, page- turning memoir, Licking the Spoon, hits bookstores everywhere. Many of you may know Candace’s work already; the brilliant essay collection Ask Me About My … Continue reading →

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The Scoop on the Classes at Wild Mountain Memoir Retreat

Posted on November 11, 2012

“We get the work done on the ground level. And the kindest thing I can do for you is to tell you to get your ass on the floor. I know it’s hard to write, darling. But it’s harder not … Continue reading →

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Theo Hosts Wild Mountain Memoir Retreat in the Cascade Mountains

Posted on November 6, 2012

Hi All, Big news! I’m hosting the Wild Mountain Memoir Retreat, a memoir writers’ retreat in the Washington’s Cascade Mountains, March 15th-17th.  The keynote speaker for the memoir extravaganza will be Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild (read my post about … Continue reading →

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