Category Archives: memoir writing

Time and Memory: Part 2

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Part 1 is here. where I asked : In remembering, I too am overcoming the dimensions of time and space but do I have any interaction with the places I travel to or are those memories just visions of the … Continue reading →

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Time and Memory – Part 1

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Have you ever thought of yourself as a time traveller? I believe we are all time travellers to some extent or another. The sand drifts into darkness. The sea beyond crashes invisibly. I stand on the boardwalk of the beach … Continue reading →

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Tales of Terror: Times Past

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Happy New Year to all readers and contributors. Late I know as one month has gone into the New Year. School has just returned  from our summer holidays and again parents are lined up to collect children that they are … Continue reading →

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Times Past: What is Memoir

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

This last memoir post (at least for this year) is a summary of the series I posted for Carrot Ranch.

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Life is a Memoir: What is Fiction?

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Another post I have written for Carrot Ranch on Memoir. via Life is a Memoir: What is Fiction?

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Times Past: Themes and Focus

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Another post I have written for Carrot Ranch on the themes and focus of memoir.

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The biggest change: Times Past

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

I can remember talking to my grandmother (pre Silent Generation) about how much the world had changed in her lifetime. She was born in 1899 in the small town of Tairo in Queensland. She had seen so many changes in … Continue reading →

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Times Past: Dealing with Others

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

A memoir post that I wrote for Carrot Ranch on memoir.

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Trees: Times Past

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

It may seem like a strange topic choice for a memoir examination where we are specifically looking for differences between generations and geographical locations but I wonder how much trees, or lack of them, affect how we currently view trees. … Continue reading →

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January 2018: Times Past

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

I am doing a 9 month series over at Carrot Ranch on memoir and creative non-fiction. It will feature on the second Friday of each month until September.

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