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Memoir coach and author Marion Roach

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On Building Your Author Platform, with Kevin Barhydt

BUILDING YOUR AUTHOR PLATFORM is a topic for which you are going to need some really good advice. No one is born knowing how to do this, and no matter what other authors and their online personas you … [Read more...] about On Building Your Author Platform, with Kevin Barhydt

How to Start a Memoir? Build a Bowl

YOU WANT TO TELL YOUR TALE. You want to write memoir and you think that the key is to get someone else to know you as quickly and efficiently as you can so they will care about what you have been … [Read more...] about How to Start a Memoir? Build a Bowl

The Joy of Publishing Funny Women, with Amy Solomon

Amy Solomon is the editor of the new book, Notes From the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy, just out from Harper Collins. She's a producer on … [Read more...] about The Joy of Publishing Funny Women, with Amy Solomon

How to Identify & Combat Your Writing Obstacles, With Bonnie Wright

EVERY WRITER HAS WRITING OBSTACLES. How to combat your writing obstacles is a skill every one of you must have on you, know how to use and use as needed. But first you must identify those writing … [Read more...] about How to Identify & Combat Your Writing Obstacles, With Bonnie Wright

How to Write a Family Memoir, with Terry Sue Harms

KNOWING HOW TO WRITE a family memoir includes knowing where and how to look for the details to deploy in the tale. In the case of Terry Sue Harms, author of the new book, The Strongbox: Searching for … [Read more...] about How to Write a Family Memoir, with Terry Sue Harms

Writing Lessons: How to Navigate Pushback from Your Antagonist(s)

WITH THIS BLOG POST, we continue the Writing Lessons series on The Memoir Project, in which well-published writers write from their area of expertise on one topic of memoir writing. In this post, … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Navigate Pushback from Your Antagonist(s)

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