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1. Does such a thing actually exist somewhere, in any form? Obviously, it wouldn't be legally binding; I just mean, has anyone published such a thing? I looked for one when I was writing mine and couldn't find one, but that was years ago.
2. If were to write one up, where the heck would I attempt to publish it? Do you think the publicity generated by fake memoirs would make it of interest to the arts or magazine section of a mainstream newspaper?
...I actually wrote one up for my own personal use, you see, so it wouldn't be terribly hard to polish it up for general use.
2. If were to write one up, where the heck would I attempt to publish it? Do you think the publicity generated by fake memoirs would make it of interest to the arts or magazine section of a mainstream newspaper?
...I actually wrote one up for my own personal use, you see, so it wouldn't be terribly hard to polish it up for general use.
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I can't say I've heard of an existing one, but I should think that with the right slant (from your point of view as the author of a memoir), it would be the sort of thing that gets published in Newsweek's "My Turn" column, which runs near the front of each issue.
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Exactly the sort of thing they're interest in.
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But I think checking on a few markets first could be fine, if that's where your gut is. If it doesn't sell, you can always put it on the web when the next faux memoir shows up. Or whenever you felt like it.
People forget that "nonfiction" just means it's not fiction. Doesn't mean it's not lies.
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A memoir is the story of a portion or aspect of one's life, such as one's childhood, one's life in terms of one's obsession with candy, one's experiences as a paramedic, etc. Usually written by people who are not famous, or not famous for anything other than writing.
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It's been my impression that people are starting to refer to memoirs when they really should be called autobiographies. (Like celebrity autobiographies, except for the ghostwritten part. ^^)
And the type of work highlighted in the recent scandal--even if it had been all true, I still wouldn't call it a memoir: it's simply an RL account.
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I don't understand why you wouldn't call the fake memoirs either kind. They are both (purportedly) stories about the authors' real experiences-- the definition of a memoir or autobiographical account, as opposed to a story about someone else's life or some actual events in which the author was not personally involved.
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