A RECENT ONLINE MEMOIR CLASS class began much like every online memoir class I’ve taught. No one had agreed to this beforehand. No one had said anything. No memo had gone out. There was no round-robin … [Read more...] about As the Calendar Turns, So Does Memoir
A Havest Tale of Remembrance
IT IS OCTOBER, the harvest, that great time for taking stock. Me? I’m grateful for many things, particularly the friendship and love of Margaret, my only sibling. We didn’t always see things the … [Read more...] about A Havest Tale of Remembrance
Call for Entries: A Memoir Reading
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
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!
Turning Memoir Into Video
PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK me what to do with a piece of memoir once it's written. Should all memoir be published? Not all personal stories should be published, of course. Some should be given as gifts for … [Read more...] about Turning Memoir Into Video