{"id":60,"date":"2025-09-22T20:19:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2026-03-29T17:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:55:19","slug":"column","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/?page_id=60","title":{"rendered":"Column"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since 2022, I\u2019ve written a column on memoir writing for The Transylvania Times<\/em>. My subjects have ranged from the art, craft and alchemy of memoir writing to the many gifts this kind of personal writing can bring.  Often ideas for my column address subjects my writing students need to know — such as \u201cfinding\u201d their voice, capturing their emotional journey, and attracting the attention of literary agents and publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finding Your Voice in Memoir<\/strong>
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Find The BIgger Story<\/strong>
December <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Write Your Story for 2026<\/strong>
December <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kinds of Memoir<\/strong>
August <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Reluctant Memoirist<\/strong>
June <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Heart of Memoir: Your Emotional Arc<\/strong>
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Best Kept Secret to Publishing Memoir<\/strong><\/strong>
March <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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New Year, New Beginning, New Chapter<\/strong><\/strong>
December <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Make Thanksgiving a Day to Heal<\/strong><\/strong>
November <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Want \u201cBig Magic\u201d in Your Life? Write a Memoir!<\/strong><\/strong>
September <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Have \u201cThe Right Stuff\u201d to Write a Memoir?<\/strong><\/strong>
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Consider 7 Winning Memoir Subjects<\/strong><\/strong>
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Tell Your Love Story for Valentine\u2019s Day<\/strong><\/strong>
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Best Christmas Gift Ever: \u201cTiny Memoir\u201d<\/strong><\/strong>
December<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Writing About Your Life: Road Map Needed<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
November <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Want to Feel Better? Write Your \u201cHard Story\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
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Your Memoir Need a Quick Fix?<\/strong><\/strong>
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Ten Things to Know Before Publishing Your Memoir<\/strong><\/strong>
May <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jumpstart Writing About Your Life<\/strong><\/strong>
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Make Writing a Memoir a New Year’s Resolution<\/strong>
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Writing a Memoir? Don\u2019t Make These 10 Mistakes<\/strong> November <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Five Reasons to Write Your Memoir<\/strong>
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Locals Share Their Stories During Memoir Class<\/strong>
April <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Why You Should Write About Your Life<\/strong><\/strong>
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Since 2022, I\u2019ve written a column on memoir writing for The Transylvania Times. My subjects have ranged from the art, craft and alchemy of memoir writing to the many gifts this kind of personal writing can bring.  Often ideas for my column address subjects my writing students need to know — such as \u201cfinding\u201d their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"column","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377,"href":"https:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daphnelarkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}