FARAH JASMINE GRIFFIN is a writer and educator. She was the inaugural chair of the African American and African Diaspora Studies department at Columbia University, where she is the William B. Ransford … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir About the Books You Love
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A Guide to Book Marketing for Every Author, with Kindlepreneur’s Dave Chesson
DAVE CHESSON'S GOAL IN LIFE is to make you a successful author. That's right. He's a wildly successful author who created a business using everything he learned while learning to promote his own … [Read more...] about A Guide to Book Marketing for Every Author, with Kindlepreneur’s Dave Chesson
How to Write for Major Publications
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE WHAT TO WRITE? Some topics merely interest us, while others fascinate us. But is our interest enough to make those topics compelling to readers? How do we parse through what we know … [Read more...] about How to Write for Major Publications
How to Write a Modern Love Column & Then Expand it Into A Book
GENEVIEVE KINGSTON IS A WRITER and an actor who's recent Modern Love column in The New York Times got my attention and the attention of, oh, everyone I know. She is expanding that lovely column into a … [Read more...] about How to Write a Modern Love Column & Then Expand it Into A Book
How to Write About Trauma, with Author Jessica DuLong
Jessica DuLong is a Brooklyn, New York-based author, editor, book collaborator, and writing coach. Her recent book, Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift, is the … [Read more...] about How to Write About Trauma, with Author Jessica DuLong
How to Write Descriptions That Paint a Vivid Picture For Your Reader
ALMOST EVERY DAY I get a question from a writer about how to describe something or someone. I work as a writing coach and memoir editor, and I teach many online memoir classes. Every time I'm asked … [Read more...] about How to Write Descriptions That Paint a Vivid Picture For Your Reader
