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Are you writing a memoir? Worried of putting people to sleep in parts? Or just wishing it had a little more oomph? Most bestselling memoirs are funny, especially the painful ones. Humor helps us transcend our experience and release.
In a week and a half, I’ll be interviewing the brilliant and funny and brilliantly funny Greg [...]
Tags: being funny, funny memoir, Greg Miller, memoir writing, Uncabaret
My book writing classes–are back–both LIVE and by teleseminar–and they now include a book concept evaluation, a customized editing plan and feedback on how you can best organize your book coupled with private consultations. I’ve found that the people who make the commitment, make a plan and get support get their books written. The expanded [...]
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I just got off the phone with Patricia Raskin. We were planning my monthly spotlight appearances on her show Positive Living which you can hear Sundays from 12-2 on WPRO Providence (99.7 FM, 630 AM or live streamed). We have six fun and informative 7-minute interviews planned:
March 8: Join the internet revolution and [...]
Tags: Aspire Magazine, be a better writer, beat writer's block, become a published author, editing tips, how to get published, Inspiring Women Speaker Series, Patricia Raskin, Positive Living, Positive Living Radio, Writer's Block, Writing in the Zone, writing online, writing radio
Guest Blog by Daniel Tomasulo, author of Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist’s Memoir
My first popular press book came out earlier this year. Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist’s Memoir was published by Graywolf in May and was well received.
In the six months since it has been released I have received a number [...]
Tags: addiction, author reading, Autobiography of a Face, book reading, confessions, confessions of a former child, Dani Shapiro, Daniel Tomasulo, funny memoir, Greenwich Village, Hard to write, heroin overdose, humorous memoir, Kettle of Fish, Lucy Grealy, memoir, New School in NYC, Oprah pick, painful memoir, painful to write, Princeton, Slow Motion, therapist memoir, therapist's memoir
Yesterday, Jeannie shared in this writing blog that she’d been asked to ghostwrite a memoir and asked some advice about what to charge and what she might negotiate. Ghostwriting is a great way to write books and get paid right away. But it’s also easy to get burned when ghostwriting a book. Here are 10 [...]
Tags: author credit, author name, book writing time line, collaborative writing, entertainment lawyer, ghostwrite a memoir, Ghostwriting, ghostwriting agreement, ghostwriting contract, ghostwriting fees, ghostwriting research, ghostwriting revisions, kill fee, late fees, Writing
The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article this weekend addressing the huge advances that publishers will pay for a title that goes to auction. Why, in this economy, are they taking such risks? And how can you have it work to your advantage?
Anita Elberse, author of the article and associate professor at the Harvard [...]
Tags: agents, author platform, bestseller, blockbuster, blockbuster book, book coach, book promotion plan, book proposal, cat lovers, Dewey, Dewey: The Library Cat, dog lovers, get published, how to get published, internet presence, literary agents, mailing list, Marley and Me, public speaking, publicity, publish a book, publishers, publishing house, seven figure advance, six figure advance, write a bestseller, writing coach
Mary Beth asked, in a recent comment in response to my blog post Too Painful To Write:
“I know that some day I will write a book that will help ME, but I’m terrified that people reading this book would be very hurt by it. Just by telling my story from my point of [...]
Tags: autobiography, hurting people, memoir, painful memoir, perception, truth, truth in memoir, write a memoir, writing coach
