Joan Wickersham is the author of The News from Spain and The Suicide Index, the latter of which was a National Book Award finalist. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in magazines including Poetry, … [Read more...] about How Writers Figure Things Out, with Joan Wickersham
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How to Be a Freelance Writer & More, with Author Gloria L. Huang
GLORIA L. HUANG IS a freelance writer whose fiction has appeared in literary journals, including Michigan Quarterly Review, The Three-Penny Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Massachusetts Review, … [Read more...] about How to Be a Freelance Writer & More, with Author Gloria L. Huang
Need a Memoir Topic? Use the Calendar
USE THE CALENDAR. It's the best way I know to choose memoir topics and get memoir ideas. This is advice I give all the time in my online memoir classes, and I'm reminded of that advice every time a … [Read more...] about Need a Memoir Topic? Use the Calendar
How to Choose an Opening Scene for a Memoir, with Brooke Randel
Today, my guest is Brooke Randall, whose new book, Also Here: Love, Literacy, and the Legacy of the Holocaust, is just out from Tortoise Books. Brooke is a writer, editor, and associate creative … [Read more...] about How to Choose an Opening Scene for a Memoir, with Brooke Randel
How to Choose a Memoir Topic
HOW TO CHOOSE a memoir topic? It's one of the toughest aspects of writing memoir. What to write about? Where to get memoir ideas? As a memoir coach and writing teacher, I have lots of examples in how … [Read more...] about How to Choose a Memoir Topic
How to Use Family Letters to Write Memoir, with author Julie Kabat
Today, my guest is artist, teacher, composer, performer, singer, storyteller, and now author, Julie Kabat, whose first book is Love Letter from Pig, My Brother's Story of Freedom Summer, just out from … [Read more...] about How to Use Family Letters to Write Memoir, with author Julie Kabat
