Magical Memoir Moments

A Sneak Peak into the Black Box of Preparing to Launch a Book: A To-Do List for Book Marketing

By Shirley Showalter | August 7, 2013

Sometimes this book launch project seems a little like re-learning how to hoop. I can jump in enthusiastically, keep the hoop going for a little while, but mostly I have to laugh, pick up the hoop, and start over again. The analogy between preparing to launch and relearning hula works like this: I’ve got a…

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Simplicity: A Very Short Mennonite Memoir

By Shirley Showalter | July 10, 2012

“The more we have, the less we own.” Meister Eckhart I grew up in a simpler age, the 1950’s. We lived on a 100-acre dairy farm. We were Mennonite. I should know all about simplicity, right? Of course, it’s not that simple. Recently someone asked for advice on how to simplify his life. In turn,…

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