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Memoir coach and author Marion Roach

Welcome to The Memoir Project, the portal to your writing life.

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How to Be a Freelance Writer & More, with Author Gloria L. Huang

GLORIA L. HUANG IS a freelance writer whose fiction has appeared in literary journals, including Michigan Quarterly Review, The Three-Penny Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Massachusetts Review, … [Read more...] about How to Be a Freelance Writer & More, with Author Gloria L. Huang

Need a Memoir Topic? Use the Calendar

USE THE CALENDAR. It's the best way I know to choose memoir topics and get memoir ideas. This is advice I give all the time in my online memoir classes, and I'm reminded of that advice every time a … [Read more...] about Need a Memoir Topic? Use the Calendar

How to Choose an Opening Scene for a Memoir, with Brooke Randel

Today, my guest is Brooke Randall, whose new book, Also Here: Love, Literacy, and the Legacy of the Holocaust, is just out from Tortoise Books. Brooke is a writer, editor, and associate creative … [Read more...] about How to Choose an Opening Scene for a Memoir, with Brooke Randel

How to Choose a Memoir Topic

HOW TO CHOOSE a memoir topic? It's one of the toughest aspects of writing memoir. What to write about? Where to get memoir ideas? As a memoir coach and writing teacher, I have lots of examples in how … [Read more...] about How to Choose a Memoir Topic

How to Use Family Letters to Write Memoir, with author Julie Kabat

Today, my guest is artist, teacher, composer, performer, singer, storyteller, and now author, Julie Kabat, whose first book is Love Letter from Pig, My Brother's Story of Freedom Summer, just out from … [Read more...] about How to Use Family Letters to Write Memoir, with author Julie Kabat

There is No Such Thing as Writer’s Block

WRITER’S BLOCK? NONSENSE. There is no such thing as writer’s block. Nope. Despite the fact that writing books are chock full of time-wasting exercises with all manners and ways to get you to emerge … [Read more...] about There is No Such Thing as Writer’s Block

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