Of course, I would rather be writing than doing book marketing!
Book Marketing by another word can be palatable. It’s a strength associated with being a writer, of course, but perhaps it’s also a pitfall that we love the writing process itself and that we are often loath to stop writing to move on to other activities that will support our writing. That other activity is […]
You Can Acquire The Memoir Network: A Jumpstart Sale
After years of happy, satisfying mentoring with hundreds of clients—possibly thousands if you count workshops and tele-classes, I am ready to let my business, The Memoir Network, move on to someone else who will love it as I have—perhaps this is you! “Imagine! I have often thought as I led workshops or conducted coaching sessions, […]
Use an archetype of your experience to revive your memoir.
Can an archetype of your experience refocus your memoir? One begins a memoir with a sense of the uniqueness of the story. “It simply has to be told,” you realize excitedly. “The world needs to hear about this.” Then as you write week after week, month after month, and sometimes year after year, that uniqueness […]
Another sort of success for your memoir writing
Your Attention Please Beginning next week, I will migrate my newsletter [The Lifewriter’ Digest] and these bi-monthly Memoir Network posts to the Substack platform. There are many reasons for doing so, one being the cost of a monthly MailChimp subscription and another being the time to produce posts or newsletters on two platforms. (You are […]
What is your definition of success?
An unexpected definition of success as a writer. Too many writers either have unrealistic definitions of success as a writer or no definition at all. In this post, which will be one of many exploring success, I write about an unexpected definition of success as a writer—but a success nonetheless. A follow-through with a writing […]
Writing Your Memoir Regularly is Key to Success
Success is built on daily writing habits. As has been bandied about and attributed to many different speakers and writers, it is said that “you go to the office every day for 20 years, and before you know it, you are an overnight success.” Well, we can apply that bit of humor as an insight […]
Authority/Author: words with the same roots
Four Steps to Assuming Your Writing Authority To those who struggle with whether they should write or continue to write a memoir, let me be clear: no one can give you the writing authority to record your story, to tell the truth about your life. You are the only person who can do that (Of […]
The Work of Writing a Memoir Can Be Hard, But You Can Succeed!
No one said it would be easy to show up and do the work of writing a book! “This is hard,” you think as you look at your production. “perhaps I’m not cut out for this.” (more…)
A Firm Writing Resolution: You Will Not Regret Formulating One for 2026
Resolutions can be tricky—just an exercise in fooling yourself! But they can also be a dynamic trigger. In this post, I will share a writing resolution that paid off big for me. If you have not decided on New Year’s resolutions for your writing, it is a good time to choose priorities for the […]