I HEAR A LOT OF EXCUSES. And I should. I am a writing coach and a memoir editor – not to mention a mother and wife, occupations that also come with fielding heaps of explanations – but it’s in those … [Read more...] about Five Things You Don’t Have To Do To Write
How to Get to Your Best Memoir Writing
THE BEST MEMOIR WRITING knows its limits. It does not take on too much. It does not take on too little. It takes on exactly enough and stays with it until it’s done. To illustrate this idea in my … [Read more...] about How to Get to Your Best Memoir Writing
Memoir Editor? Developmental Editor? What’s in a Name?
APPARENTLY I AM A DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR for memoir. I had not know that until recently when four separate email inquiries came in using that phrase. Huh, I thought, and did not think much more about it … [Read more...] about Memoir Editor? Developmental Editor? What’s in a Name?
To Learn to Write, Read
AS A MEMOIR EDITOR, I read a lot. As a writer, I read a lot. As a thinking human, I read a lot. As a memoir teacher -- yes, you get it -- I read a lot. And I recommend it all the time as a way to … [Read more...] about To Learn to Write, Read