HOW TO ENTER THE young adult market and thrive -- not merely survive -- that unique publishing experience? Many of my friends and colleagues have plunged into it, all with varying success. Much like … [Read more...] about How to Enter the Young Adult Market and Thrive, Not Just Survive, With Sarah Enni
The Memoir Project Blog
Writing Lessons: What to Include in Your Memoir
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN your memoir? What gets left in? What needs to be edited out? How in the world is a writer to decide? When newly-published author, Sharon Dukett, approached … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: What to Include in Your Memoir
Writing About Family, a Guest Post
WRITING ABOUT FAMILY is by far one of the most vexing tasks facing every memoir writer. And when authors Barbara Hoffbeck Scoblic and Susan Rudnick approached me with a fine idea of a … [Read more...] about Writing About Family, a Guest Post
How Broad Should an Author Platform Be? With Joanna Penn
HOW BROAD SHOULD AN author platform be? In this multi-outlet age of social media, podcasts, live streaming, blogging and whatever is about to emerge, how many places do you need to show up to showcase … [Read more...] about How Broad Should an Author Platform Be? With Joanna Penn
From Research to Writing a Book, with Anne Kreamer
Anne Kreamer is the writer we all want to speak with right now. The author of one book on navigating emotion in the new workplace, another on the risk/reward ratio of taking intelligent leaps in your … [Read more...] about From Research to Writing a Book, with Anne Kreamer
How to Write a Memoir in a Graduation Speech
AS WRITERS, WE GET called on to do all manners of wild things. Some years ago, this included giving the cum laude gradation speed at my daughter's single-sex school. It seemed like a great challenge, … [Read more...] about How to Write a Memoir in a Graduation Speech