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Essays, Journaling, Memoirs and Personal Histories

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Association of Personal Historians
http://www.personalhistorians.org
A site dedicated to those who want to preserve personal history (including life stories, oral histories, genealogy, etc.)

Creative-Journal.com
http://www.creative-journal.com
For anyone interested in journaling or writing memoirs or autobiography.

Journal Writing Tips and Articles
http://www.scribetime.com/custompages/journal_writing_main.html
A nice selection of articles plus over 100 journal-writing "prompts".

Life Story Network
http://www.lifestorywriting.net/
Network for writers of journals, memoirs, and related material.

LifeWriter's Digest
http://www.turningmemories.com/lifewritersdigest.html
An ezine for writers of memoirs, autobiographies, biographies and family histories.

Memoir
http://www.inkspell.homestead.com/memoir.html
A brief explanation plus links to other resources, and a list of examples.

Soul Food Cafe
http://www.dailywriting.net/
Loads of resources for journalers; emphasis on making writing a daily practice.

WriteMyMemoirs.com
http://www.writemymemoirs.com
A free site to help users write their autobiography or memoirs.

WritingItReal
http://www.writingitreal.com
Focusing on personal writing, including essays, poetry and journaling. Offers regular writing tips and exercises and a newsletter (by paid subscription).

Writing Life Stories for the Inspirational or Religious Markets
http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/sep99/hart2.htm

Writing to Heal, Writing to Grow
http://www.writingtoheal.com
This site focuses on therapeutic memoir-writing, journaling and essay-writing; it also features an extensive list of markets for personal essays.

Writing the Memoir: Truth to Life, by Judy Barrington
http://www.judithbarrington.com/writingthemem.html
The first chapter of Barrington's book.

Writing the Journey
http://www.writingthejourney.com/
Online workshop, newsletter, tips, exercises and resources for journal writers.

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