Need some inspiration for how to start your memoir?  Try writing a letter to someone in your family.  That’s how Isabelle Allende managed to write House of Spirits.  She had to flee her home in Chile and was working as … Continue reading →

  Here are some tips for writing your memoir. Brainstorm and/or do freewrites about events in your life that affect you. Gather as many details ahead of time, before you begin writing. Ground your writing in carefully selected details. Use … Continue reading →

Truth is not loved because it is better for us.  We hunger and thirst for it.  And the appetite for truthful books is greater than ever. – Saul Bellow In my BookPleasure article, “Memoir – Truth Telling” this week, I … Continue reading →

  People think that because a novel’s invented, it isn’t true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that. … Continue reading →

I’m hoping this is the beginning of a conversation with all of you.  I am going to post it on my blog site, and I hope you will share the books you love on writing, so I can add them … Continue reading →

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. – Maya Angelou On Monday, we looked at examples of different voices in memoir.  But what about your voice?  … Continue reading →