Memoir – anyone willing to mutually peer critique?
Hello all,
I am writing memoir, and would love to meet fellow memoirists with a view to sharing work in progress for critiques. Anyone interested?
Hello all,
I am writing memoir, and would love to meet fellow memoirists with a view to sharing work in progress for critiques. Anyone interested?
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Hi Jackie, I write memoir too and although I’ve been in this group for over a year this is the first time I’ve seen a post here. I guess we’re all keeping to ourselves – maybe that isn’t a good thing if we want to publish our memoirs? Yes, I’m willing to swap. How do we do this? Anyone know?
Maggie P
Hi Maggie,
I think you can attach a file here… and we can then swap pieces and exchange comments on here. Unless you prefer to do by email?
All the best,
Jackie
Hi Jackie, You may get this twice because I wrote a reply but when I tried to send it it had disappeared!
What I said was that I know you can send files using a files box at the top of some forums but there isn’t one above and tho I clicked on everything I could find in this reply box, and above, the only thing that may work seems to be using the messaging thing – I accessed that by clicking on the three horizontal lines above and then Messenger.
Do you want to try that? if so, perhaps we should tell each other a bit about what we’re writing about and how far we’ve got with it, and how much would you send. I guess a PDF might be safer than a word doc.
By the way, someone called Lajazz says they are interested too but that message doesn’t appear here and seems to be only on the main message bit.
My brain hurts!
Maggie
Hi Maggie,
Gosh, yes, I think you’re right. I have no idea why it won’t let us do that.
Alternatively, we could just copy and paste our extract in a post, ie below this message?
I have finished a second major redraft of my memoir, which is chronological. However, I now think maybe it’s a bit boring, so have started to do stand-alone thematic pieces, which I am submitting to publications and competitions. The major themes of my work are mothers and daughters, and autism. So far I have not succeeded in getting anything published (although I have had a couple of poems accepted, in other publications.)
I will attempt to contact Lajazz, and to see if there is any help re attaching files.
Thank you for your interest, and I look forward to hearing about your work.
All the best,
Jackie
I have used the Messenger section, as you outline, once before. So that does work!
Hi Maggie,
I also found my reply disappeared!
I have completed a second re-draft of my chronological memoir. But now think it’s a bit boring, so am doing stand-alone thematic pieces, which are better. I am submitting these to publications and competitions, so far without success. But persevering, as you do.
I look forward to hearing more about your work. And I will attempt to contact Lajazz.
All the best,
Jackie
Hi Maggie,
My email is jackiecarpenter@outlook.com – shall we connect via email? Lajazz (Jenny Jones) and I have mamaged to make contact via email.
All the best,
Jackie