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,...
November 15, 2016
I LOVE PODCASTS, and particularly love being part of one. But few things are more of a delight than being interviewed on a really...
October 12, 2016
AS A MEMOIR COACH, I hear and read lots of stories and, as a result, I love to listen. I do it all day...
September 30, 2016
READING IS A TEAM SPORT, one that takes a village of people in which we pass, hand-to-hand or by word of mouth, the books...
September 28, 2016
HOW MANY PEOPLE do you think are in therapy because of you? Oh, I’m sorry. Did you just spit your tea right onto the...
