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!
The Memoir Project: A Throughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life
NOT SURPRISINGLY, I THINK that the best book on how to write memoir is the one I wrote. It's called The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life. The title reflects it … [Read more...] about The Memoir Project: A Throughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life