Comments on: Friday Fun Thread: Name Your Memoir!

By: Tall-in-Heels

Tall-in-Heels — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:49:48 +0000

“The Broken Compass”

By: The Goldfish

The Goldfish — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:08:02 +0000

“Where? What? Oh. Ah!”

Although I’m hoping by the time comes, it’ll be a bit more solid.

By: Shadow Boxer

Shadow Boxer — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:14:36 +0000

_Always an Optimist: The Life and Times of A Happy Klutz_

Chapters would include:
“Tales of a Pre-Teen Punching Bag, or, The Best Revenge is Living Well”
“What Does This Button Do? or, How To Break Expensive New Things in Less Than Three Days”
“Eee-yargh!! Or, Interesting Ways I Have Injured Myself”
“Returning to Graduate School, Or, Why I Am Not A Career Counselor”
“Remarried at 30, not Divorced at 25, Because I Am an Optimist”
“Reworking My Rubric, or, Realizing I Am Not As Dumb As I Think I Am”
“Ya Gotta Have Friends! or, Strategies for Survivng Life”

I’m sure I could come up with more but I have to get going! This was FUN!

And I really want to read some of these!

By: waxghost

waxghost — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:45:35 +0000

Brennan, I love yours and I want to read it.

Mine would have to be something serious and heartwarming because I’m not a very funny writer and my story is a lot of sad with a major dose of overcoming-the-obstacles followed by a happily-ever-after-(still-dealing-with-a-lot-of-residual-crap).

So maybe Happily Ever After: Still Dealing With A Lot of Residual Crap.

By: mischiefmanager

mischiefmanager — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:49:22 +0000

“High Maintenance”

By: xtinA

xtinA — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:33:31 +0000

My memoir: I Did It My Way Even Though You Tried To Stop Me With Stupid Sexist/Ageist/Classist Arguments or Nyah Nyah I Win

By: rodriguez

rodriguez — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:22:44 +0000

My memoir will be called Things I’ve Changed My Mind About.

and related, if my daughter buries me, my tombstone will say: “one time she made this really bad dinner”

By: Nicola

Nicola — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:08:21 +0000

‘Just Another Boring Story’

My life is boring, I wouldn’t want to read about it if I wasn’t me, and I think most autobiographies are boring too. I could just blend in with another load of boring stories.

By: dillene

dillene — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:42:23 +0000

“Drying Paint: Reflections on a Quiet Life.” It would be about 3 pages long.

By: Brennan

Brennan — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:59:33 +0000

If I were to write it tomorrow, mine would probably be And When She Was Bad in reference to the nursery rhyme about the little girl who had a little curl. My mother has always said that it describes me perfectly because on the rare occasion that I make myself heard I tend to do it in explosive, disruptive, and otherwise amusing-to-me ways. Possible chapters:

“Happy face”
“Sibling rivalry and other contact sports”
“How they learned to stop worrying and love my karate class”
“Grandma got run over by a pharmacy”
“Reclaiming crazy”
“12 ways to scare your loved ones”
“You want to date me? My condolences”
“Vet school and other dumb ideas”

This is fun! Yes, I am a strange person. Why do you ask?