A couple of entries ago, I asked readers for suggestions for blogs and sites I could list on my sidebar.
Thanks to Stephanie West Allen, Tom Clifford, and “Tim E.” for these suggestions:
Memory Writers Network about which, creator Jerry Waxler writes:
Memoir writing means different things to different people. Some want to leave a legacy. Others want to make money publishing their work. Some have found that by sharing their story, they increase their social network and reduce loneliness. As a therapist I’ve learned the healing power of sharing life stories. All these reasons interest me. The more carefully I look at the process of memoir writing, the more value I see in it, as a tool for change, for personal insight, for sharing, and for steering towards the future. Join me on this exploration of memoir writing. By learning to write about the past, together we can develop a more interesting future.
NASA’s ASK (Academy Sharing Knowledge), the current issue of which always presents knowledge-sharing stories
I had previously considered listing StoryCorps, especially when the StoryCorps trailer was in Orlando – but the local site didn’t seem to have much on it. The national site offers 5,000 conversations on all kinds of topics, plus the opportunity to record your own story.
Even though performance storytelling is the root of much of today’s interest on storytelling, it has not been the focus of this blog. However, I am considering Tim E’s suggestion to include Breaking the Eggs, Performance Storytelling in the 21st Century. Tim E also suggested Rachel Hedman’s performance storytelling site, Voice: A Storyteller’s Lifestyle. I know I’ve mentioned Rachel in A Storied Career a couple of times, if not Voice: A Storyteller’s Lifestyle specifically.
More my speed is The Storyteller and the Listener, a site in transition as its editor and publisher Holly Stevens is living with cancer.
I will also be adding Tom Clifford’s own site (mentioned in another post) to my sidebar.