June 28, 2018
HOW TO WRITE LESS and say more? Keeping things spare is a hard task, but one you must master in the process of learning...
June 21, 2018
THERE ARE THREE MUST-HAVE COMPONENTS TO ANY PIECE OF MEMOIR, and knowing what they are will instantly allow you to get to work writing...
May 15, 2018
AS A MEMOIR COACH and online memoir teacher, I spend a lot of my time speaking to people about what they read. As a...
May 10, 2018
HOW TO ADD HUMOR to a sad memoir? And why? And where? These are the questions faced by every good writer whose efforts may...
April 19, 2018
WRITING MEMOIR IS NOT the same as writing “my memoirs,” at least not if you are working with this memoir coach and writing teacher...
April 4, 2018
IT’S A QUESTION I GET ALL THE TIME: How to write a memoir that reads like a novel? How to make it a...
March 28, 2018
“IS IT A MEMOIR?” The question was more than a little plaintive, the asker really doubting that what she had submitted met any...
March 14, 2018
IF YOU GOOGLE “how to write about yourself,” you get some really bad answers to your inquiry. And that’s a shame, since Google reveals...
March 7, 2018
WHAT NEW MEMOIR TO READ next? How’s a reader and writer to know what’s best amid the onslaught of bad, good or great books?...
March 2, 2018
HUMAN ERROR IS SOMETHING I know a great deal about. Like that sentence which, were I following my grammar lessons, should read human error...
February 12, 2018
HOW TO BEAT WRITER’S BLOCK? Knowing how is a skill you need when you are stuck writing a book, essay, op-ed, blog post or...
January 22, 2018
BUILDING A MEMOIR STRUCTURE is an art and a science, as well as a whole lot of work. But to many, doing so seems...
