THERE IS SO MUCH NEW MEMOIR, and so much of it is good, that I cannot stop myself from grinning from earring to earring. This is fine news, folks, since it indicates that the genre is alive and well, … [Read more...] about New Memoir for A Summer Read
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Writing Lessons: The Joy of Finding the Funny in Memoir
FEW, IF ANY, THINGS MAKE ME HAPPIER than a successful memoir written by someone I like and admire. Perhaps the only thing that comes to mind is if the book is gorgeous, as well. That being the … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: The Joy of Finding the Funny in Memoir
New Memoir: Women and Drinking, An Update
TAKING ON THE TOPIC of blackout drinking would be brave for anyone, but I would argue that for a woman to do so is a special kind of brave, particularly if she plans to be honest, as well as to do … [Read more...] about New Memoir: Women and Drinking, An Update
Writing Through Sadness. A Fix or a Failure?
AS A MEMOIR COACH and writing teacher, I am accustomed to a great deal of pushback from writers about re-entering troubled times. “Why should I go back there?” someone will ask, particularly after a … [Read more...] about Writing Through Sadness. A Fix or a Failure?
How to Promote Online Writing? Like this.
WHEN A FRIEND PUBLISHES a book, you buy it and read it. It’s a simple rule, and one I am delighted to follow. You tell your friends about it. In short, you do what you can. How much is too much? Well, … [Read more...] about How to Promote Online Writing? Like this.
On Writing Memoir Fearlessly
THE BEST MEMOIRS are written without the fear of three things: The rules, books that have come before, or of fitting neatly into a certain sense of genre. And while this word “fearless,” much like the … [Read more...] about On Writing Memoir Fearlessly
