July 20, 2011
MEMOIR IS ALIVE and well, I’m happy to report. Despite the rumors of the death of publishing, marvelous books continue to appear all the...
July 14, 2011
IT’S BEEN A great time for The Memoir Project, my irreverent little book on how to write memoir. I was on the wonderful NPR...
June 22, 2011
SHIFTING THE BLAME is not a reason to write memoir. There. I’ve said it. And I’ve said it, oh, maybe a bazillion times in...
June 16, 2011
JUST WALKING AROUND. That’s where context comes from. By being out, being aware. And context is what you need if you are going to...
June 12, 2011
TRY SOME HOSPITALITY, I always say, and when I do, the students in my memoir class frequently look a little stunned. They’re not in...
June 10, 2011
Welcome, She Writers. This is my new blog, devoted entirely to teaching the art of writing what you know. Please have a look around....
June 10, 2011
NOT SURPRISINGLY, I THINK that the best book on how to write memoir is the one I wrote. It’s called The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized...
May 13, 2011
A RECENT STUDENT said simply, “I write to understand myself.” And I loved that. The world would be a better place if we all...
May 10, 2011
ASKING FOR HELP. Oh, was that a shudder I saw go down your spine? What is it about asking for help that sets women...
April 2, 2011
