October Memoir Challenge, 2013

Last year, I participated in the first October Memoir and Backstory Challenge hosted by Jane Ann McLachlan. I posted one piece for each of my 25 years. Here was the whole list: Table of Contents — October Memoir Challenge.

Joy, May 1965, feeding a lamb

That was a big project. Jane Ann has scaled it back slightly this year with the suggestion that we post only on the odd-numbered days of October. She also introduced weekly themes. I love themes.

Join us next month. Check out Jane Ann’s posts for how this will all work including how to use it as a way to build backstory for your NaNoWriMo project rather than write real-life memoir pieces. The details are here: October Memoir and Backstory Challenge.

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October Memoir Challenge, 2013 — 6 Comments

Deb Stone on September 25, 2013 at 10:33 pm said:

Thanks for sharing this, Joy. I signed up! Look forward to reading your memoir posts.

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Katie Argyle on September 26, 2013 at 8:53 am said:

Thanks for posting this Joy. I’ll be joining you and all the others in this October Challenge. I look forward to all the stories…!

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Joy Weese Moll / @joyweesemoll on September 26, 2013 at 12:50 pm said:

Deb and Katie–

It will be lovely to have both of you joining this challenge. I’m loving the internet right now. I get to make so many connections with so many wonderful women!

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Jennifer on September 26, 2013 at 2:20 pm said:

I remember when you did this last year and I was in love with your posts…with the whole idea really I’m definitely going to look into it. Thanks for sharing Joy!

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Jane Ann McLachlan on September 27, 2013 at 10:31 pm said:

Thanks for spreading the word, Joy! I can’t wait to read your posts – I loved them last year.
Hope you join us, Jennifer.
I look forward to reading your blogs, Deb & Katie!

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