DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? I mean, have you noticed the growing popularity of writing about the makings of memoir, its nuts and bolts, levers and gimcracks? It’s all very meta or something, but I try to … [Read more...] about My View: The Week’s Best Memoir News 4/22/16
My View: The Week’s Best Memoir News 4/8/16
This week in memoir brought us the good, the bad, and some ugly news about our favorite genre. I don't know about you, but after reading the tidbit I have listed first, you might have to go lie down. … [Read more...] about My View: The Week’s Best Memoir News 4/8/16
Writing Lessons: Writing for Ten Minutes
I ALWAYS THINK I've heard it all when it comes to writing productivity and tricking yourself, bargaining oneself, bribing oneself into it. And then I met Marita Golden, author of more than a dozen … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Writing for Ten Minutes
My View: The Week’s Best Memoir News 4/1/16
I LEARN AS I READ as much as I learn as I write. Here is memoir news that taught me a thing or two this week. See what it does for you. A beloved actor’s co-writer on what he learned writing with … [Read more...] about My View: The Week’s Best Memoir News 4/1/16
How To Be A Better Memoir Writer? See a Therapist (In Class)
IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE: Me and a room full of psychoanalysts, more than one hundred of them, in fact, and I was telling them about my writing life, illustrating for them my belief in the power of … [Read more...] about How To Be A Better Memoir Writer? See a Therapist (In Class)
19 Memoir Tips via The Write Practice (and me)
THERE MAY BE no greater honor than having another writer benefit from something I've written. But though I am always glad to hear from readers, I have rarely been as honored as I am to have the … [Read more...] about 19 Memoir Tips via The Write Practice (and me)
