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Are you afraid to write your memoir?

Are you afraid to write your memoir?

Beck came to me last spring with a vague idea about the story he wanted to write: Snippets of experiences from my childhood living as a girl and moments of parallel in adulthood, as I re-experience firsts as a man. Okay. I knew there was an important story there, and...
Who Needs to Read Your Story?

Who Needs to Read Your Story?

When I came out as gay in my fifties, I was desperate to read stories of other women who came to terms with their sexuality later in life and learn how they navigated that life-altering journey. Did they stay in or leave their marriages? Could they find a way to live...
The Key to Writing an Effective Memoir

The Key to Writing an Effective Memoir

“I’m looking for books that are both completely unique and exactly the same,” an editor from one of the Big 5 publishers said on a podcast. And then she laughed. I laughed too. But now I’ve come to believe that the intersection of “completely unique” and...