December 6, 2013
LIBRARY JOURNAL HAS just listed the best memoirs of 2013. I say hurrah and yippee, since not only do I love any good promo...
December 3, 2013
WHAT TO ASK YOURSELF when learning to write memoir is not where to go get some writing prompts, where and how you’ll get an...
November 25, 2013
HOW DO YOU DISTANCE YOURSELF when writing memoir? It’s a great question, and an even greater exercise when you sit down to write. When...
November 22, 2013
YOU KNOW THIS PICTURE. You’ve seen it a lot this week, and countless times before that and if, like me, you saw this image...
November 19, 2013
YOU CAN HAVE all the training in the world, and yet you begin each day of writing with a feeling of starting from scratch....
November 17, 2013
HE HAD TO LIE to make his father human. Now he tells us. And it’s wow heard ‘round the world, since the writer who...
November 12, 2013
How to execute the perfect rewrite. Ah, I love this topic. Oh wait: Did you think you were going to get it right the...
November 11, 2013
YOUR MEMOIR IS NOT ABOUT YOU. So stay out of it,” and with those eleven words, the great Roger Rosenblatt became my absolute favorite...
November 5, 2013
HOW VULNERABLE TO BE when writing memoir? Uh oh. Did you just scurry under the couch or pull your sweater over your head? Oh...
October 29, 2013
THE ROLE OF MEMORY in writing is simply one of the most compelling topics there is for memoirists. And then there is the topic...
October 29, 2013
HOW TO MANAGE WRITING TIME is one of the very best questions a writer can be asked. And so I was thrilled to discuss...
October 22, 2013
I GENUINELY BELIEVE that much like in life, success is writing depends on which details you choose to emphasize. It’s a hard-won illumination, and...
