AMONG THE TOP INQUIRIES that appear in my inbox each week are requests for information on how to write about someone else. I also get this question in person, at dinner parties and everywhere else I … [Read more...] about How To Write Someone Else’s Story
The Memoir Project Blog
The Single Greatest Piece of Writing Advice? That’s Simple. Write With Intent.
PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME for my best writing advice. They want it and they want it fast. I guess everyone is in a hurry, but honestly, that's the question I get asked more than any other. And I always say … [Read more...] about The Single Greatest Piece of Writing Advice? That’s Simple. Write With Intent.
The Best Books On Writing I’ve Ever Read
OF THE (MANY) THINGS that make me laugh out loud, my favorite is when Amazon offers me a suggestion of a book I might like and it’s one of mine. This is a unique and wonderful moment for a writer, and … [Read more...] about The Best Books On Writing I’ve Ever Read
Memoir Writing: The Op-ed
SOMETIMES I FORGET to explain things. Like years ago, when a friend was visiting me from Switzerland. I did the all-America thing and took him to his first baseball game. A sportswriter's daughter, I … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: The Op-ed
Tools I Use to Run My Author Blog
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME talking about the tools of writing. As a full time writer, author, memoir coach, memoir editor and teacher of online memoir classes, it’s what I do. But these days, I think I … [Read more...] about Tools I Use to Run My Author Blog
How to Start Writing Every Day
The greatest challenge to your writing career is not what you think. It’s not your job, kids, or your marriage; it’s also not your lack of a job, kids or a marriage or your prolonged search for any … [Read more...] about How to Start Writing Every Day
