I have been reading Corvette Hunt for awhile. Corvette has been a contributor to Huffington Post, as well as to The New York Times, but it was a piece that ran in The Times on June one of this … [Read more...] about How To Publish a New York Times Essay, With Corvette Hunt
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How to Keep Up Your Writing Stamina, With James Barron
James Barron knows about writing stamina. He has been reporting for The New York Times for forty years and has authored two books. In all, he never stops writing. And he is here on QWERTY to talk … [Read more...] about How to Keep Up Your Writing Stamina, With James Barron
How to Report On Our Lives, With Marion Roach Smith and David Leite
HOW TO REPORT ON OUR LIVES is a major theme for all memoir writers. Read along as you listen to this episode of QWERTY, my podcast with co-host David Leite. You can subscribe to all future editions on … [Read more...] about How to Report On Our Lives, With Marion Roach Smith and David Leite
What is Holding You Back as a Writer? Clue: Its Not Clutter
Clutter is not what is holding you back as a writer. Neither is it your mother, your father/the nuns/the second-grade teacher who told you writing has no value. Your job is not holding you back, nor … [Read more...] about What is Holding You Back as a Writer? Clue: Its Not Clutter
How to Write About Healing, With Marcia Butler
Marcia Butler knows how to write about healing. She has done so brilliantly in her highly-acclaimed memoir, The Skin Above My Knee. And now she is on the QWERTY podcast talking to us about that and … [Read more...] about How to Write About Healing, With Marcia Butler
Memoir Writing: The Empty Nest
I HAD THE PEANUT BUTTER. The large-mouth jar of chunky. I had the spoon. The soup spoon, to be specific, the logic being the more peanut butter at once, the better. I had chosen well from Netflix and … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: The Empty Nest
