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
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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
Join Me Writing Memoir on Pinterest
CREATIVE INSPIRATION COMES at you from every direction. In this time of hyper-media involvement, we can sometimes simply want to duck. But don't. I mean, why should you when I am willing to taking on … [Read more...] about Join Me Writing Memoir on Pinterest
How To Write Memoir: Be Your Own Cavalry
YOU ARE YOUR OWN CAVALRY. That’s the truth. As writers, we must come to our own rescue and show up with the goods. Another way I phrase this is by referring to myself "as a factory of one." And I am. … [Read more...] about How To Write Memoir: Be Your Own Cavalry
