When a writer chooses to tell a story, we—the readers—must be made to understand several things: Why this story? Why this writer? And why now?
Craft: I Was Here by Risa Nye
Category: Articles
The Writing Life: Bite-Sized by Jim Gray
There’s something too intimidating and “big picture” about a memoir. Rather, my compulsion to write involves a much narrower focus…
Review: Zoo Station by Christiane Felscherinow
The memoir, set in the Zoo Subway Station (Banhhof Zoo), Gropiusstadt housing projects, and neighboring areas in West Berlin was first published in Germany in 1979.
Review: Mattie C’s Boy — The Shelley Stewart Story by Don Keith and Shelley Stewart
We are but a generation from the protests that brought upon the Civil Rights movement, and Shelley Stewart was at the center of it.
Interview: Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow, memoir writer
In my younger years, I did not write stories. Rather, I wrote feelings.
The Writing Life: Oh, For the Love of Cats by Lisa Ahn
Inscrutable, blasé, they are uninterested in deadlines, tangled plots or characters who have fallen out of line.
Craft: Lying in a Hammock, Reading Across Genres by Donna Steiner
Reading in other genres might feel like too large a time commitment, or might even be a bit scary.
Review: Happenstance by Robert Root
It’s the story of a mellow, introverted child who through one happenstance to another finds his way.
Review: Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother
Untold stories bring the past into the present. An irresistible attraction for those of us who are attracted to biographies and historical stories …
Interview: Becky Aikman, author of Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives
It’s said that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes, but I’d like to add one more: good friends who are there when you need them.
