Memoir Writing

Read Excerpts From & Praise for My Memoir Come What May, I Want to Run & Listen to Interviews

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Jun 8
5 min

Read Excerpts From & Praise for My Memoir Come What May, I Want to Run & Listen to Interviews

Read excerpts from my memoir Come What May, I Want to Run, praise for my memoir, and listen to podcast interviews.

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16 Tips for Writing Your Debut Memoir & Getting It Published

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

May 13
6 min

16 Tips for Writing Your Debut Memoir & Getting It Published

Learn what it takes to write a publishable memoir, find a publisher, and get an offer of publication and a book contract.

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My Journey From Textbook Author to Memoirist: Part I

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Dec 22, 2022
8 min

My Journey From Textbook Author to Memoirist: Part I

Writing a college textbook was easy. Writing my memoir is harder. My memoir writing journey is an ultramarathon of another kind.

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My Book Reviews of 2021: Mind, Body, and Spirit

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Dec 15, 2021
1 min

My Book Reviews of 2021: Mind, Body, and Spirit

Looking for a good book to read or to give as a gift? Here are my recommendations of books I reviewed in 2021.

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Add These Beach Reads to Your Summer Reading Days

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Jun 9, 2021
1 min

Add These Beach Reads to Your Summer Reading Days

Looking for a good book or two to read this summer? Here are a few. You have until Labor Day to turn a lot of pages.

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Review of Susan Fowler’s Memoir Whistle Blower

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Jun 8, 2021
5 min

Review of Susan Fowler’s Memoir Whistle Blower

Review of Susan Fowler's memoir Whistle Blower. If you have been sexually harassed and bullied in the workplace, this memoir will resonate.

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Review of Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Jun 8, 2021
4 min

Review of Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action

Review of David Fajgenbaum's Chasing My Cure, a memoir of family, love, resiliency, hope, and always questioning and following the data.

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Review of I am a Runner: The Memoirs of a Sepsis Survivor

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

May 19, 2020
2 min

Review of I am a Runner: The Memoirs of a Sepsis Survivor

Maria's story of survival and resiliency is compelling and powerful. Her positivity and faith help her to bounce back and run again.

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Review of Charlie Engle's Memoir: Running Man

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Dec 1, 2018
3 min

Review of Charlie Engle's Memoir: Running Man

Running Man is a compelling page-turner chock-full of jaw-dropping harrowing stories of addiction and the saving grace of running.

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Reborn on the Run: Review of Ultrarunner Catra Corbett's Memoir

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Jun 8, 2018
3 min

Reborn on the Run: Review of Ultrarunner Catra Corbett's Memoir

"I had to be a drug addict to become an ultrarunner. I had to find a passion to overcome my addiction," writes Catra Corbett in he

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Gratitude in Motion: A Review of Colleen Kelly Alexander's Memoir

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Mar 27, 2018
3 min

Gratitude in Motion: A Review of Colleen Kelly Alexander's Memoir

Triathlete Colleen Kelly Alexander's astonishing and arduous journey of survival and resiliency after being run over by a freight truck.

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Running and Writing: An Interview with Rachel Cullen

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Feb 26, 2018
5 min

Running and Writing: An Interview with Rachel Cullen

Rachel Cullen, author of Running for My Life, offers insight on balancing life as a runner, writer and mom, tips for writing a memoir, and m

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Running for My Life: A Review of Rachel Cullen's Memoir

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

Feb 25, 2018
3 min

Running for My Life: A Review of Rachel Cullen's Memoir

If running has given you new life, you will identity and empathize with, and be inspired by Rachel Cullen's journey in her memoir, Runni

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