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Memoir coach and author Marion Roach

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How to Write Memoir in Essays, with Mary Laura Philpott

MARY LAURA PHILPOTT IS the author of the national bestseller I Miss You When I Blink and the brand new memoir Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives just out from Atria Books. Her writing has … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir in Essays, with Mary Laura Philpott

How to Become a Writer, with Bryan Collins

BRYAN COLLINS IS A writer, podcaster, creativity guru, and all around wonderful creativity advocate. He's the director of the wildly popular and oh-so-helpful site, Become a Writer Today. He's from … [Read more...] about How to Become a Writer, with Bryan Collins

How to Bear Witness in Writing, with Author Rachael Cerrotti

  TO DESCRIBE RACHAEL CERROTTI as a multi-platform writer, producer, author, teacher does not quite accurately encompass all the ways in which she covers deeply important topics and … [Read more...] about How to Bear Witness in Writing, with Author Rachael Cerrotti

All Memoir Writing Asks a Question. What’s Yours?

DOES YOUR MEMOIR ASK A QUESTION, or do you need to create one? Although I’ve been teaching memoir for more than a quarter-century, as well as working as a memoir coach, I recently had a new insight … [Read more...] about All Memoir Writing Asks a Question. What’s Yours?

How to Write Memoir About the Books You Love

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

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

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So much of life speaks to us. Listen. Here, in the So much of life speaks to us. Listen. Here, in the outlines of a lost building, there is so much metaphor. Consider what you see. Believe in it. And write.
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