Magical Memoir Moments
Ten Steps to Doing a Book Cover Reveal: How to Build Community as You Prepare Your Book Launch
During the holidays, when my tech-savvy adult children were visiting us, we had a blast with an event called a Cover Reveal. It brought my publisher, my audience, and me together for the first time in a formal way. So, using the holiday theme, I’ve concocted a recipe for the event to share with you….
350 Posts! Can You Believe It?
The end of July and the first half of August are always celebration times in our family. We celebrate three birthdays and a wedding anniversary in the span of eighteen days. Four years ago, my son Anthony delighted me with the birthday gift of setting up a WordPress blog for me. The blog today has…
Dancing With Change — A Memoir About Parting
Today is the first day of the last week of taking care of Owen in Brooklyn. As I get ready to walk to Owen’s house, I am filled with gratitude and a little grief. Yesterday I took a walk in the park — Ft. Greene Park — on what might have been our last sunny…
Going Grey Caused Me a Problem: Did I Do the Right Thing?
I like to think that I’m not vain about my looks. My make-up case is a sandwich bag, and I use its contents rarely. For my lips my favorite brand is Chapstick. But fifteen years ago, I did dye my hair and kept on doing it. Over time, I began to be curious about what…
Top Memoir Lists
If you found this blog by searching for a list of excellent memoirs, you have come to the right place! There are three ways to find a good list on this blog: Use the search box to the right and search on a particular memoir. If I have reviewed it here, you will find it…
A Memoir Poem for Late November
Poetry is the genre I feel least comfortable attempting. Most of the poems I’ve written deserve their ignominious fate in manilla folders. I write them most often to sustain a contemplative mood or moment. Here’s one inspired by thinking of my daughter Kate and some of her favorite things this time of year. Apologies to…
Anniversaries of All Kinds: Blogging and Living Memoir
This week marks the second anniversary of www.100memoirs.com. After about 200 posts, more than 1000 comments, 35,000 hits and new links to Facebook and Twitter, this blog has brought me into the social media world, sometimes kicking and screaming, but always with a reward of new friendships. Thank you, dear readers, for helping me learn….
100 Top Memoirs: Sue Silverman's List Will Give You Even More!
I had the great good fortune this weekend to attend the Bear River Writers’ Conference, about which I will say more later. Sue Silverman, author of two bestselling memoirs, led an excellent workshop on memoir. I purchased and will review her craft book Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir at a later time. In that…