LAST NIGHT I WENT INTO BATTLE fully armed. I felt most comfortable gearing up because I was eating alone. Suiting up in front of the family invites both ridicule as well as speculation. Solo, I can … [Read more...] about Writing About Yourself and Your Dirty Laundry
The Memoir Project Blog
How To Get A Personal Essay Published? Write it Like This
AS A MEMOIR EDITOR and writing coach, I enjoy terrific moments witnessing writers getting what they want from their work. The best of my experience with clients may be when just a wisp of an idea … [Read more...] about How To Get A Personal Essay Published? Write it Like This
The Memoir Project: Use the Objects of Your Affection in Your Work
NOT ALL OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS ARE HUMAN. For me, friendship requires some degree of comfort and support, a whole lot of encouragement, and the inclination on the part of that friend to get you out … [Read more...] about The Memoir Project: Use the Objects of Your Affection in Your Work
The Music of Writing
THE QUESTION WAS SIMPLE: What is the difference between what your piece of memoir is about and the plot of that memoir? The person asking it is a client of my memoir editing services, and while I’ve … [Read more...] about The Music of Writing
How to Get Writing Inspiration In Your Own Backyard
I DELIBERATELY LIVE NEAR WHAT I CALL the E-Triangle. It’s my own designation, and not one you’ll find on a map, but one that I consider my own personal place of deep inspiration. Perhaps you have one … [Read more...] about How to Get Writing Inspiration In Your Own Backyard
How to Write a Memoir? Talk to Pooh Hodges
AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, I talk to my dog. But that does not prevent me from also talking to cats, as I did last week. I think it went quite well, especially considering that the cat is Pooh Hodges, a … [Read more...] about How to Write a Memoir? Talk to Pooh Hodges
