How to choose the right story to tell? It's a great question, and one that plagues every memoirist. But it's the essential question, because if I could pinpoint the one common problem of all memoir … [Read more...] about How to Choose The Right Story to Tell
My Best Advice for Getting a Book Contract
The best advice for getting a book contract for your memoir is this: Write an Op-ed. Why? Because every piece of non-fiction is an argument and nothing hones your argument like writing a … [Read more...] about My Best Advice for Getting a Book Contract
How to Write and Publish A Book: Next Up in the Writing Lessons Series
LEARNING HOW TO WRITE AND PUBLISH A BOOK includes understanding both what to do and, of course, what not to do. And while I have given many lists to you on the topic of what to do, I frequently forget … [Read more...] about How to Write and Publish A Book: Next Up in the Writing Lessons Series
How to Write A Book? Listen Up.
LEARNING HOW TO WRITE A BOOK just got a whole lot easier -- as it should, since the online world is bringing together people with skills and people with a need for those skills. What a happy combo … [Read more...] about How to Write A Book? Listen Up.
Know The Difference Between Memoir and Autobiography and Have a Writing Life
KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE between memoir and autobiography is essential to writing successfully in either genre, and yet it is probably the single most misunderstood aspect of both. So let’s … [Read more...] about Know The Difference Between Memoir and Autobiography and Have a Writing Life
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
