In which Barbara, Susanne, and Suzette share their thoughts about memoir!
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...
What happens at a writing retreat?
We’ve been retreating as humans probably since we first got into groups—the lone hunter who goes off to bring home a mastodon, the contemplative who...
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...
When is memoir just like fiction? And when is it not?
There are obvious differences between writing memoir and fiction, of course. Fiction writers manufacture a story—although that story can be more or...