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...
January 19, 2018
STRUCTURE A MEMOIR, write a memoir, sell a memoir. Sound like a good mantra for the new year? If so, let’s heighten it. Structure...
January 12, 2018
DOES WRITING A BOOK FEEL LIKE facing a hazardous obstacle course? It doesn’t have to, because the biggest challenges to writing a book are...
January 8, 2018
LIKE YOU, I JUST SAT through several of the highest of emotional high holy days of holidays with friends and family, during which...
January 4, 2018
KNOWING HOW TO CHOOSE your memoir structure is essential to your book’s success. Period. Full stop. And this is why I devote many...
December 7, 2017
WHAT IS A MEMOIR? It is a piece of writing told from one area of your expertise that illustrates something you know resulting from...
November 26, 2017
“What is the one thing I need to know to write a book?” I am asked this all the time, and I used to...
September 24, 2017
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...
August 17, 2017
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...
