I wanted to write a memoir called My Life with the Lincolns, paralleling my family’s story with the Lincoln family’s story.
Category: Writing Life
Our Writing Life column archive, which features an array of guest contributors.
WRITING LIFE: More Than I Dreamed Of, Barely Enough by Sara Petersen
WRITING LIFE: Accepting My Blindness As A Freelance Writer by Kerry Kijewski
WRITING LIFE: Joan Didion and Me by Jennifer Mattson
WRITING LIFE: Tame the Darkness: Managing Anxiety and Depression in Order to Write by Tiffany Sumner
WRITING LIFE: “Real” Writers Doing “Real” Work by Rae Pagliarulo
The Writing Life: “Word-Hoard” by Stephen D. Barker
WRITING LIFE: Live to Tell, Tell to Live by Amy M. Miller
WRITING LIFE: The Magic of ‘Big Magic’ by Abby Norman
I had a rather strange experience last week where, in the span of one day, three separate people recommended Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest book to me. It wasn’t even a suggested reading type recommendation. It was a “stare deep in someone’s eyes and whisper, you have to read this book” type recommendation. I was hesitant because…