DORI JONES YANG IS the author of eight books, including her most recent memoir, When The Red Gates Opened: A Memoir of China's Reawakening, which documents her eight years as a Businessweek … [Read more...] about On Writing Across Genres, and the World of Publishing, with Dori Jones Yang
On Writing a Memoir in Essays About “Our America,” With Toni Jensen, Author of Carry
AUTHOR TONI JENSEN has published widely, including a short story collection From the Hilltop and a memoir-in-essays called Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land, just out from Ballantine. She's … [Read more...] about On Writing a Memoir in Essays About “Our America,” With Toni Jensen, Author of Carry
How to Write About Yourself? Like This.
IF YOU GOOGLE "how to write about yourself," you get some really bad answers to your inquiry. And that’s a shame, since Google reveals that the question has had sixty-two million hits, meaning that … [Read more...] about How to Write About Yourself? Like This.
What New Memoir to Read? I’ve Got a Little List Right Here.
WHAT NEW MEMOIR TO READ next? How’s a reader and writer to know what’s best amid the onslaught of bad, good or great books? Let me see if I can help by supplying some insight into memoir in the news. … [Read more...] about What New Memoir to Read? I’ve Got a Little List Right Here.
Writing Lessons: Getting Published in an Anthology
GETTING PUBLISHED IN AN ANTHOLOGY is something I regularly recommend as a goal to my memoir coaching clients. It’s a joy to see your piece of memoir included in a book, of course, but the … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Getting Published in an Anthology
How To Write From Your True Self
FINDING OUR TRUE SELVES may be one of life's great journeys, but writing from that place is among the hardest assignments I know. How to write from your true self, and not the one you wished you were, … [Read more...] about How To Write From Your True Self