I WENT TO my first autopsy, and here is what I learned: Human ribs can be clipped with the shears I use to prune my floribunda roses. The smell of a man dead for more than one week is far more … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: My First Autopsy
Memoir Writing: The Lure of Fish Tales
AH, FISHING TALES. Just about everyone has them. How not to let yours get away? … [Read more...] about Memoir Writing: The Lure of Fish Tales
Resolution Recap: Writing Memoir Now and Forever
NEWS YEAR RESOLUTIONS are crumbling fast. I can almost hear the candy wrappers from here, can’t you? There are some resolutions that we're not going to break, right? Those having to do with writing … [Read more...] about Resolution Recap: Writing Memoir Now and Forever
Ideas for Memoir Topics: Read it in the Want Ads
THE FINE PRINT is where you’ll find great creative inspiration. I mean, have you looked in the want ads lately? If not, you should. It is there that I get a lot of my ideas for memoir topics. … [Read more...] about Ideas for Memoir Topics: Read it in the Want Ads
Writing Memoir: News You Can Use: January 14, 2012
NEWS YOU CAN USE. Maybe you saw these stories. Maybe you missed them, but these are among the pieces I’ve read recently that might elicit some form of short memoir – an op-ed, or personal essay – … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir: News You Can Use: January 14, 2012
Writing Memoir? Check Your Facts
WRITING WHAT YOU KNOW does not mean you don’t check your facts. Fact-checking in memoir is essential. Accuracy counts. Memoir demands fact-checking since memory, by its very definition, is subjective. … [Read more...] about Writing Memoir? Check Your Facts