Glen Finland on the Power of Storytelling
Meeting other formidable writers is one of the great benefits of attending a writers residency. And so, last January, I had the great fortune of meeting Glen Finland during my [...]
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Jun, 2014
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Jul, 2013
How I Found a Most Meaningful Book
Sometimes it is interesting to retrace where something began, when a meaningful connection was made. My interview with Susannah Conway appeared in the Washington Independent Review of Books last week, and [...]
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Jul, 2013
Rebecca McClanahan on Writing about Family
With her memoir The Tribal Knot - A Memoir of Family, Community and a Century of Change, RebeccaMcClanahan did what many of us wish we would do – "do something" [...]
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Mar, 2013
Leslie Maitland on Writing from a Different Point of View in Memoir
My author Q&A with Leslie Maitland appeared in the Washington Independent Review of Books last week. Her memoir Crossing the Borders of Time, about finding her mother's first love whom she [...]
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Oct, 2012
Author Q&A: Wenguang Huang
I wonder what it means if I don't even notice anymore that my writing has gotten published? Have I reached a level of publication success where I can go, "Oh [...]
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Sep, 2012
Why Chapter Headings Are Useful
My Advanced Memoir Workshop was fortunate to host Wenguang Huang, author of The Little Red Guard, for an immensely informative Q&A session back in July. (Lucky for us, he lives in [...]
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Jul, 2012
Sara Mansfield Taber on Airing Secrets
The Washington Independent Review of Books just published another author Q&A I did, this time with Sara Mansfield Taber, author of Born Under an Assumed Name. I did not get [...]
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Apr, 2012
Lee Strickland on Learning to Reflect in Memoir
Today I'm sharing another insight from my formidable fellow instructor at StoryStudio, Lee Strickland, on the challenges of writing memoir. Says she, "I thought my job was to narrate but [...]
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Mar, 2012
Lee Strickland: “I was Always a Memoirist…”
Recently, my Advanced Memoir class at StoryStudio Chicago was fortunate enough to host, in person, Lee Strickland for an author Q&A, discussing her essay "Girl, Ruined," published in The Sun [...]
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Oct, 2011
Sandra Beasley on How to Achieve Balance between Research and Personal Story
My Advanced Memoir students and I were fortunate to host the lovely Sandra Beasley, author, most recently, of Don't Kill the Birthday Girl, for an author Q&A earlier this month. [...]
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Jun, 2011
Two Sisters Talk About Writing Memoir
Listen to this insightful conversation (aired yesterday, June 9, 2011 on blogtalkradio) between sisters Margaret Roach and Marion Roach Smith on writing memoir. Find out why Marion Roach Smith, author of [...]
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Mar, 2011
Michael Steinberg on Re-Imagining or: Why I Would Like a Book about Baseball
My Advanced Memoir Workshop students and I were fortunate enough to host Michael Steinberg, founding editor of the esteemed nonfiction journal Fourth Genre, and author, most recently, of Still Pitching, [...]
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Mar, 2011
Do You Need Structure to Begin? – Danielle Ofri Answers
I'm sharing another clip from the Q&A session my Advanced Memoir Workshop students and I had with Danielle Ofri back in January. Here she talks about whether or not you need [...]
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Feb, 2011
Danielle Ofri on Memoir vs. Biography
In January, my Advanced Memoir Workshop at StoryStudio Chicago was fortunate enough to host Danielle Ofri for an author Q&A session via Skype. Danielle Ofri is not only a doctor [...]