I WAS ASKED about my writing influences. The question came in the form of a recent interview. This is one of those questions that can really trip up a writer, letting us either get slavish in our … [Read more...] about Creative Inspiration: What to Watch To Get Back to Writing Memoir
The Power of Memoir. Listen In.
THE POWER OF MEMOIR is one of my favorite topics. I recently heard this one-minute radio essay that brilliantly argues about the positive aspects of my favorite genre. Please listen in. It’s here. … [Read more...] about The Power of Memoir. Listen In.
Creative Inspiration? Look Around
CREATIVE INSPIRATION CAN COME from anywhere. It’s all around you, though most of us are too busy worrying, planning, texting, phoning or talking to notice. The human propensity for missing inspiration … [Read more...] about Creative Inspiration? Look Around
Writing Memoir? Trust, But Verify
"TRUST, BUT VERIFY." Reading those words, I simply smiled from earring to earring. Such good advice. Such good advice for writers of memoir, whose inclination is to think that what they feel is true, … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir? Trust, But Verify
Book Giveaway & Interview with Jeff Goins
TALKING TO JEFF GOINS, the word “comfortable” frequently comes up. He uses it, and I’m feeling a distinct sense of comfort as we breeze through a recent phone conversation. It’s odd, since the subject … [Read more...] about Book Giveaway & Interview with Jeff Goins
Knitting + Memoir = New Friends
FEW THINGS BEAT a great conversation. But a great conversation about both writing and knitting, well, that beats all. And that is just what I got to have last week with a new friend named Brian … [Read more...] about Knitting + Memoir = New Friends
