MY NAME IS MARION and I am an obit addict. … [Read more...] about A Modest Addiction: A Radio Essay
Archives for January 2012
Writing Memoir On Nature’s Calendar
It’s Wednesday, it’s winter, and some people are having a little more trouble than usual getting out of bed. Well, you’re not alone. … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir On Nature’s Calendar
Writing Memoir? Be Counterphobic
YOU’VE GOT TO be counterphobic to write memoir, meaning you need to write what scares you. After all, fear is with us all the time. Afraid of making bad parenting mistakes, scared of blurting out the … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir? Be Counterphobic
Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: January 9, 2012
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 elicit some form of short memoir – an op-ed, or personal essay – from … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir. News You Can Use: January 9, 2012
Writing Memoir: A First Draft. Retching and Moaning All the Way.
MY BEST FRIEND taught me a phrase about writing a first draft that I use every day. We’ve been friends now for, oh, thirty years. Since we were already hard-working writers when we met, and I use the … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir: A First Draft. Retching and Moaning All the Way.
On a Diet? Your Memoir Needs One Too
WE'RE ON DIETS, my memoir work and I. It's tough. After all, knowing how to choose small topics to write about is hard work. What I always say to my online memoir writing students is that we're always … [Read more...] about On a Diet? Your Memoir Needs One Too
