I love readings. In fact, I love them so much that I am curating one in December, 2011, as part of a year-long project at the place at which I teach. Here’s the call for entries. I do hope you’ll … [Read more...] about Call for Entries: A Memoir Reading
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Back to School for Memoir Writers, As Well
READY, SET, WRITE! That’s how most people think writing memoir will go, whether it be in blog form, a series of essays, or a full-length book. But anyone who is actually doing it will tell you that … [Read more...] about Back to School for Memoir Writers, As Well
Join My Online Class @ cafemom!
I am so very excited to invite you to come join the just-launched memoir workshop I’m doing on the fabulous -- as well as enormously-popular -- website cafemom, where (with a little prodding from … [Read more...] about Join My Online Class @ cafemom!
What To Do When a Story Line is Too Big?
I TEACH A LOT OF MEMOIR classes, and while every writer is different, many of the problems are the same. And while I cannot predict what the stories in each class will be, I do know that one of the … [Read more...] about What To Do When a Story Line is Too Big?
Differing Versions? No Problem.
I TELL STORIES. That would be my sister's version of our tale, the suggestion being that she writes the truth. For me, even that distinction is a story. What to do when you have different versions of … [Read more...] about Differing Versions? No Problem.
Friendship: It’s Written in the Code
HOW TO CHOOSE a memoir topic? It's one of the toughest aspects of writing memoir. What to write about? Where to get memoir ideas? As a memoir each and writing teacher, I have lots of examples in how … [Read more...] about Friendship: It’s Written in the Code
