NOT ALL OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS ARE HUMAN. For me, friendship requires some degree of comfort and support, a whole lot of encouragement, and the inclination on the part of that friend to get you out … [Read more...] about The Memoir Project: Use the Objects of Your Affection in Your Work
The Music of Writing
THE QUESTION WAS SIMPLE: What is the difference between what your piece of memoir is about and the plot of that memoir? The person asking it is a client of my memoir editing services, and while I’ve … [Read more...] about The Music of Writing
How to Write a Memoir? Talk to Pooh Hodges
AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, I talk to my dog. But that does not prevent me from also talking to cats, as I did last week. I think it went quite well, especially considering that the cat is Pooh Hodges, a … [Read more...] about How to Write a Memoir? Talk to Pooh Hodges
Join Me Writing Memoir on Pinterest
CREATIVE INSPIRATION COMES at you from every direction. In this time of hyper-media involvement, we can sometimes simply want to duck. But don't. I mean, why should you when I am willing to taking on … [Read more...] about Join Me Writing Memoir on Pinterest
How to Get to Your Best Memoir Writing
THE BEST MEMOIR WRITING knows its limits. It does not take on too much. It does not take on too little. It takes on exactly enough and stays with it until it’s done. To illustrate this idea in my … [Read more...] about How to Get to Your Best Memoir Writing
The Top Phrase Writers Should Never Use
“IT’S FUNNY.” What would happen if we eliminated that phrase from our language – our dialogue, our thinking and, most important of all, our writing? It’s too easy to say that much as “like” and “you … [Read more...] about The Top Phrase Writers Should Never Use
