WE'VE ALL FACED THIS DILEMMA: Who to trust with our writing future? Should we go into an MFA program – residential or distance-based? – trust that we already know all we can to write good memoir, hire … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: MFA or Writing Coach?
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)
How Hard Writing Memoir Can Be
SAM LANSKY IS THE DEPUTY CULTURE EDITOR at Time, a beautiful writer, and an addict. It turns out that it’s a winning combination, at least in terms of producing and publishing a remarkable book, which … [Read more...] about How Hard Writing Memoir Can Be
How to Prepare to Write Memoir
HOW TO PREPARE to write memoir? A client asked me this and I found myself about to give an offhand retort – “Tie yourself in a chair,” “Promise yourself something from Bulgari,” – until I thought … [Read more...] about How to Prepare to Write Memoir
Memoir Writing Podcast With David Leite
WHILE GOOD FRIENDSHIP IS NOURISHING, sometimes it is also delicious. Such is the case with my bond with David Leite, whose humor and grace enriches my life, whose writing is simply divine, and whose … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing Podcast With David Leite
Writing Lessons: The Joy of Finding the Funny in Memoir
FEW, IF ANY, THINGS MAKE ME HAPPIER than a successful memoir written by someone I like and admire. Perhaps the only thing that comes to mind is if the book is gorgeous, as well. That being the … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: The Joy of Finding the Funny in Memoir
