Book Marketing for Non-Fiction – Memoir

The memoir is a beautiful genre of non-fiction in which the writer tells stories from his or her life, in an engaging, readable format. What’s wonderful about the memoir is that you don’t just find out the cold facts of a person’s life, but it would be like you’re reliving his or her experiences by reading it, making the memoir a personal trip down memory lane. It’s certainly not going to be easy writing a memoir, but the end product – which would, hopefully, touch people’s lives – will be worth it.

Below are some links where you can market your memoir, as well as places where you can communicate with other memoir writers and resources to help you in your writing!

This list is a work in progress, and links are continually being added!

Blogs and Websites

• The Memoir Network Blog
• Women’s Memoirs
• Memoir Revolution
• National Association of Memoir Writers Blog
• Memoir Writer’s Journey – Kathleen Pooler’s Blog
• Memories & Memoirs
• The Heart and Craft of Life Writing
• Write With Spike
• Memoir Notes
• Experiments in Memoir
• Ina the Memoir Coach
• Memoir Writers World
• National Association Memoir Writers
• The Memoir Writing Club Website
• Marion Roach Smith – Writing and Memoir Guide
• The Memoir Writers Society
• Bob and Jack’s Writing Blog
• Your Life Is Your Story
• Shirley Showalter’s Website

Resources:

• PNWA
• Writing Through Life
• A Worded Life: Writing and Editing Services
• Memoir Mentor

Facebook Groups

• Memoir Writing
• Memoir writing group
• Ovarian Cancer Memoir Writing Group
• Writing and Teaching Memoir
• Memoir Writers of Writing Pad
• Storytelling – Memoir – Life Writing

Communities and Forums

• National Association of Memoir Writers LinkedIn
• Memoir Authors Goodreads
• Memoirs on Adversity
• Memoirs and Biographies We Love Goodreads
• Life Writers Forum
• AbsoluteWrite Bio, Autobio, and Memoir Forum
• Writing Forums Autobiography and Memoir
• Writers Online Forum
• SheWrites Memoir Writers Groups

Meet-ups

• NYC Autobiography and Memoir Writing Group
• Hollywood Memoir Writers’ Group
• Pasadena Novel, Memoir & Short Story Critique Group
• Hamilton Creative Non-fiction Writing
• Arcadia Memoir Writers
• Ridgewood Memoir Writing Workshop
• Seattle Memoir Writers
• Boulder Memoirists (and Essayists) Workshop
• Boise Women Memoir Writers
• The Timeline of Your Life Des Moines
• East Bay Creative Nonfiction Meet-up for Twenty-Somethings
• Write with Heart and Soul
• Baltimore Chapter – Nonfiction Authors Association
• El Dorado Chapter – Nonfiction Authors Association
• The New York Writers’ Intensive
• Write on Life: Washington DC Writers’ Group
• You Are Write – London
• The NYC Personal Historians
• The Write Spot Writers Forum

Magazines and Newsletters

• Memoirabilia
• SMITH Mag

Accepts submissions:

• Hippocampus Magazine
• Narrative
• Brevity

Podcasts

• Podcasts on Women’s Memoirs
• Podcast on the Craft of Writing Memoir
• The Six-Word Memoir Podcast
• Blog Talk Radio Autobiography-Memoir Podcasts
• Memoir Podcast on Writer’s Voice (this links to the memoir tag, where podcasts and memoir-related posts can be viewed)
• Podcast Your Memoir

And some bonuses!

• 10 Secrets of Successful Memoir Writers
• Three Reasons to Join A Memoir Writing Group

Do you know of other great sites where writers can market their memoir? Let us know in the comments!