Learn how the nonfiction writing and marketing of memoir and life writing is similar in aspects to fiction writing. Except YOU are the main character in the story. Your family is your most important audience, but what will attract them as well as other readers?
Linda Austin published Cherry Blossoms in Twilight, her mother’s memoir of growing up in Japan around WWII and became an advocate for life writing through her website Moonbridgebooks.com. She also wrote Poems That Come to Mind for caregivers, and she co-authored Battlefield Doc, a Korean War memoir. She has helped many others produce their memoirs or family histories. Linda is a long-time member of the SLPA.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
7:00pm at The HEIGHTS 8001 Dale Ave.
Richmond Heights, MO 63117
(doors open at 6:30pm)
APR 8 “Memoir Writing and How it Relates to Fiction” Linda Austin
APR 11 SAT Workshop, “How to Publish Your Own Book” at STLCC/Meramec
MAY 13 “Audiobooks: Why and How” Warren Martin
JUN 10 “Turn Your Book Idea into Multiple Income Streams” Bob Baker
JUL 8 “Launching Your YouTube Channel to an Audience” Casandra McCottrell
AUG 12 TBD
SEP 9 VENDOR SHOWCASE
OCT 14 TBD
OCT 23 or 24 Trivia Night at the HEIGHTS: Fri, Oct 23 or Sat, Oct 24
NOV 11 TBD
NOV SAT Workshop, “How to Publish Your Own Book” at STLCC
DEC 9 “Perfect Your Pitch” Bob Baker
