Introduction

Last month I joined the Monday Memoir Writers Group.  Every Monday afternoon at 2:00 we meet in the basement of the Lillian Smith Library and draw a random card from a canister full of subjects, all submitted by us members.  We then each write a short memoir piece based on that subject, after which we take turns reading them aloud.  On a typical day there'll be nine or ten people and we'll do two subjects before quitting toward 4:00.  

I call it a memoir slam because it reminds me of poetry slams.  Many thanks to Michelle of the Out of Your Shell Meetup group for introducing me to this group by organizing an event around it. (You can find her group at http://www.meetup.com/ShynessSocialAnxietySocial/.)

I enjoy this group greatly.  I like both writing my own pieces, and listening to what the other members write.  We all have some remarkable stories to tell! And I think I'm pretty good at it.  So I decided to start a new blog to publish the pieces I've written. (I already have a blog at http://canadiancommonsense.blogspot.ca.) Here's hoping some more members do the same:  I'd certainly like to read them.

If you'd like to learn more about the Monday Memoir Writers Group (including lists of past subjects and published memoirs members recommend), it has a webpage at http://astralsite.com/memoirs.