January 13, 2017
NO MORE WRITING EXERCISES. I mean it. from this day forward you are to ban all writing prompts. If you are going to learn...
January 10, 2017
PROBABLY THE SINGLE SENTENCE I say most in my memoir teaching and coaching practice is to “read above your head and write within your...
January 6, 2017
IN THE RUN-UP to the holidays it seemed like there was no new memoir to read. Uh oh, I thought. This was not good....
January 4, 2017
There are five essential tools I have on my desk every day when I write — five tools that I cannot write without. These are...
December 30, 2016
MAKING THAT NEW YEAR resolution to write memoir? Let me help you. Here is some new memoir to read that will teach, inspire, inform...
December 28, 2016
DID YOU EVER WONDER what happens before a writer sits down to actually write a book? I’d be glad to tell you. It’s simple....
December 20, 2016
MEMOIR WRITING PODCASTS are growing in number, and I’m delighted. After all, the very best conversations are literary conversations, and of those, my favorites...
December 16, 2016
AS YOU WELL KNOW, if you search online for tips on how to write a book, you will yet mixed results, some from people...
December 10, 2016
I HEAR A LOT OF EXCUSES. And I should. I am a writing coach and a memoir editor – not to mention a mother...
November 24, 2016
I TEACH MEMOIR, a job that includes teaching others how to write a personal essay. I’ve written them for NPR’s All Things Considered, among...
November 23, 2016
THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU NEED TO WRITE MEMOIR is not a good memory. Nope, it’s not. It’s not a full understanding of your...
November 18, 2016
MY DAUGHTER GAVE ME a book I do not understand. It’s a wonderful feeling. Settling into bed last night, my first night with it,...
