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...
August 25, 2016
SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE in high school who said things like, “Well, I’m sure someone will dance with you if you wear...
August 24, 2016
AS A MEMOIR COACH, I work with clients all over the world, teasing out their stories, reading whole manuscripts, restructuring works, performing content edits,...
August 22, 2016
THERE IS LOTS OF MEMOIR NEWS this week and, at least according to me, all of it is good. The New York Times has...
August 17, 2016
“WHY SHOULD I READ BOOK REVIEWS?” A client asked me this recently. Let me count the reasons why writers should read book reviews, for...
August 15, 2016
LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW, I have spent much of this summer reading the 1,600 plus pages of Elena Ferrante’s four Neopolitan novels....
August 10, 2016
IT FEELS LIKE THE PERFECT online dating experience: You meet over the internet, get along great and then spend a lot of time getting...
June 17, 2016
The view from here is that a stint in the United States Senate has too much in common with a barroom brawl: Irrational, brutal...
June 15, 2016
WRITING ADVICE IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. I know, I am a memoir coach, and I treat each of the problems of my clients as if...
