Playing Along

Jenny of Jenzai Studio and my real life bff tagged me with the six word memoir meme. Thus –

Here are the rules:

1. Write the title to your own memoir using 6 words.
2. Post it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who tagged you.
4. Tag 5 more blogs.

I won’t cheat and use the one I came up with in February. Instead, going off one of my favorite comments recently, here are my six words:
Striving for Strenuous and Muscular Kindness

And now I tag:

1) Raven
2) The Unreliable Narrator
3) The Almost Right Word
4) Nolan
5) Katie

Posted by Mara Collins on Jun 22, 2008 | 4 comments

4 Comments

  1. missburrows
    Jun 22, 2008

    Even with just six words, you are able to write in such a strong and commanding way. Again, thank you for sharing yourself with us.

  2. the almost right word
    Jun 22, 2008

    uh oh. this will need some serious thinking!

  3. Elizabeth
    Jun 22, 2008

    I work for SMITH, where the six-word challenge originated, and I’ve been keeping an eye on this meme for the past few months. I just wanted to let you know how much I like your memoir (and the one you wrote back in February, too). It’s only six words, but I found myself reading the first five and expecting something else entirely when I came to kindness – and the whole memoir is such a beautiful, bold statement. Fantastic! If you’re interested, consider submitting either of them to SMITH, and we’ll consider them for the next book!

  4. the unreliable narrator
    Jun 23, 2008

    Carsick and woozy, yet already wondering why I can’t adapt my potted epitaph: [Here Lies One] Whose Name Was Writ in Margarine–? Or, She Darkened Every Oval Completely? (only five words)….okay BED and shower and more mañana, my most muscularly and strenuously kind e-BFF. xoxo the Un (who also likes your February one)

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