January 8, 2012
MY BEST FRIEND taught me a phrase about writing a first draft that I use every day. We’ve been friends now for, oh, thirty...
January 6, 2012
WE’RE ON DIETS, my memoir work and I. It’s tough. After all, knowing how to choose small topics to write about is hard work....
January 5, 2012
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but it seems to me that these are among the pieces...
January 4, 2012
CHOOSING THE BEST MEMOIRS of any time, date, or place is difficult, so I love it when reliable sources do the work for me....
January 3, 2012
WHO ARE YOU? If you are writing memoir, it’s important to know the answer to that question. Who is the narrator of your memoir?...
January 2, 2012
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but it seems to me that these are among the pieces...
January 1, 2012
WHO WILL CROSS your path first on New Year’s Day? If it is a redhead, you may need to fasten your seat belt for...
December 31, 2011
ESCHEW WRITING PROMPTS. Be hospitable. Ask Amy. Use the algorithm. Those are four of my five countdown-to-the-new-year memoir writing resolutions. And number five? Here’s...
December 30, 2011
THIS TIME OF YEAR is all about taking stock. And as I look back on the bounty of this year, among its many highlights...
December 30, 2011
ESCHEW WRITING PROMPTS. Be hospitable. Ask Amy. Those are the three previous new year resolutions I’ve asked you to make when learning to write...
December 29, 2011
ONE OF MY early jobs at The New York Times was to write the weather “ear” for the front page, as well as the...
December 28, 2011
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but it seems to me that these are among the pieces...
