MEMOIR WRITERS THINK we’ve got it made. That is, until we sit down to write, and all those stories seem to scatter away from our fingertips. Why does this happen? Who knows? But how about we fix it? [Read more...]
Writing Memoir: News You Can Use. 2/16/13
February 16, 2013 by 1 Comment
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might help you learn how to write memoir, specifically a piece of short, first-person writing – an op-ed, or personal essay. On a somewhat regular basis, I’ll bring you news pieces I find provocative. Here are some that get me going: [Read more...]
Your New Best Friend:
The Deadline Calendar
GO ON, TRY my interactive calendar of emotional high holy days, regular-version high holy days and more. Hover your cursor over a cinnamon-colored date to see what pops up. Use it to start personal essays, radio pieces and op-eds to submit on deadline. How? Look three months out for radio ideas; six to twelve for magazine pieces. Pick it, write it, submit it. You’re a writer. That’s what writers do.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5May, 5 2013Cinco de MayoIt is Cinco de Mayo, commemorating the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces in 1862. This is a great one for everything from a memoir about someone else’s cultural holidays, some food memoir perhaps, or a piece of memoir placed at celebration for the day. |
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| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12May, 12 2013Hurricanes Finally Get Named for Men, As WellIt was on this day in 1978 that hurricanes also were named for men. Previously named only for women, this seems like justice, however late. What’s in a name? My sister has something to say about that, named as she is, for a racehorse. I told this story on NPR’s All Things Considered. Have a look. |
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| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23May, 23 2013The Father of Taxomony is BornOn this day in 1707 was the birth of Carl Linneaus, the man who created order out of chaos by creating a classification system for naming and identifying plants. I created one of those, though mine divides by people, asking if you are either a burger or a burrito. Check it out. | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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Memoir Writing: News You Can Use. 1/11/13
January 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might help you learn how to write memoir, specifically a piece of short, first-person writing – an op-ed, or personal essay. On a somewhat regular basis, I’ll bring you news pieces I find provocative. [Read more...]
Memoir Writing: News You Can Use. 1/5/13
January 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might help you learn how to write memoir, specifically a piece of short, first-person writing – an op-ed, or personal essay. On a somewhat regular basis, I’ll bring you news pieces I find provocative. [Read more...]
Memoir Writing: News You Can Use. 12/14/12
December 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might help you learn how to write memoir, specifically a piece of short, first-person writing – an op-ed, or personal essay. On a somewhat regular basis, I’ll bring you news pieces I find provocative. [Read more...]
