How to Write, Edit, and Publish Your Memoir: Advice from a Best-Selling Memoirist

With Tips from 6 More Memoirists

By: Carolyn Jourdan, Bob Tarte, Mark Garrison, Jeremy Blachman, MaryAnn Fry, C.A. Wulff, George Hodgman

Narrated by: Carey Jones

For everyone who's ever wanted to write a memoir but is having trouble starting, finishing, or is stuck somewhere in between. Here's the place to get the answers to your questions (and to the questions you didn't know to ask) in one concise volume.

Learn the ropes from a USA Today, Audible, and five-time Wall Street Journal best-selling memoirist and get tips from six of her friends and colleagues. Jourdan’s trademark blend of wit and wisdom, humor and humanity have earned her high praise from Dolly Parton and Fannie Flagg, as well as major national newspapers, the New York Public Library, Elle, Family Circle Magazine, and put her work at the top of hundreds of lists of best books of the year and funniest books ever.

©2018 Carolyn Jourdan (P)2019 Carolyn Jourdan

Informative and fun

I enjoyed listening it and learn a lot from the examples.

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

Great Listen - Narrator Sounds Like Trace Adkins

I've read Carolyn Jourdan's book Medicine Men and found this to be a great insight into how she did it. One thing the author focuses on that few others do is setting and how capturing the setting really does so much to help bring the reader in. She covers a lot in the 3 hours of audio and is worth the listen. The narrator, while he has an excellent voice, paces well, much like a teacher. It's a well thought out and executed book.

Does not include a PDF

This is an excellent resource for anyone planning on writing a memoir/biography.

Unfortunately it does not come with a PDF that would have been helpful for going back and reviewing information at a glance. (In a written versus audio book this would not be a problem). To somewhat circumvent this deficiency I recommend that readers bookmark the section numbers with their titles. That way it will be less difficult to go back through to find a section you want to review.

The information is all good.
The narration is also good, with a southern drawl.

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."