Comments on: Lives Are Like Noses: On Writing a Memoir – Guest Post by Eve Brown-Waite

By: Bookish links for Saturday, June 20, 2009 | BOOKS AND MOVIES

Bookish links for Saturday, June 20, 2009 | BOOKS AND MOVIES — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:10:38 +0000

[...] ~ Jen at Devourer of Books has a post by author Eve Brown-Waite: Lives are Like Noses – On Writing a Memoir. [...]

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Writers’ round-up « Aspiring Author — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:02:06 +0000

[...] Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria (which is on my must-read list) tells us what it’s like to write a memoir on one of my favorite book-review blogs, Devourer of Books. I can relate to this: “The more I [...]

By: Eve Brown-Waite

Eve Brown-Waite — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:51:13 +0000

Thanks for the comment love, all!

Alexis – I came up with the title under duress, when my publishing house nixed what had been the title (for like a million years) and starting coming up with their own – which were ghastly! After a few days of brainstorming with my editor, agent and anyone else who’d participate, I threw out FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MALARIA – and it stuck. And now I just love the title. I look forward to reading about your adventures too!

Sandy, I hope you thoroughly enjoy the book!

Kathy – you too! It ought to be available just about everywhere now. And if your local bookstore doesn’t have it – ASK THEM TO GET IT!
.-= Eve Brown-Waite´s last blog ..Peace Corps Writers =-.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:12:44 +0000

Great guest post! I really want to get my hands on a copy of this book since I love memoirs.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:17:49 +0000

I just won this book from Reader’s Respite, and am so excited to read it! And even better, now I know that the author is a wonderful piece of work herself! I LOVE that…lives are like noses! What a hoot!
.-= Sandy´s last blog ..Monday Movie Meme – Trauma =-.

By: Alexis Grant

Alexis Grant — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:43:34 +0000

I love this: “The more I got into the writing process, the more I actually learned about what I had experienced. Things that hadn’t made sense at the time began to make sense. Events that had seemed insignificant finally revealed their meanings. I began to see connections and finally get the lessons of what I had been through.”

I’m experiencing the same thing as I write my travel memoir about backpacking solo through Africa. Your book is on my to-read list, largely because it’s the same genre as the one I’m writing. Fabulous title — How’d you come up with it?

Thanks for a great post.
Alexis
.-= Alexis Grant´s last blog ..Brainstorming a brilliant title =-.