For years I wanted to be a writer. You see, I come from a family of writers. My father was a sportswriter. My mother was a reporter. My sister is a writer and former publishing executive. My husband is a newspaper editor, columnist and public radio show host. My best friend is the best science writer there is.
But none of that made me the writer I am today. None of it allowed me to publish four mass-market books, and none of it made me one of the most sought after memoir coaches in the world.
That came from thirty years of long nights, working with talented editors, first at the New York Times and then with the four publishers who graciously published my books.
These thirty years of practice molded me into the writer I am today, and prompted literally thousands of writers to ask me to help with their books.
So I began to teach a class, where I revealed the formula successful authors use to write compelling memoir.
That class consistently sold out for roughly twenty years. But there are two problems.
- You had to live in upstate New York to attend.
- It no longer runs.
And for those two reasons, I’ve been forced to say no to hundreds of students who have contacted me after either reading my book on how to write memoir or who read about the course I used to teach. And saying no bothers me. Because if not for the guidance of all those editors in my life, I would still only dream of being a writer. And I love sharing what I’ve learned with people who want to embark on the noble task of writing memoir.
So, after years of requests, I’ve created an online course that teaches you, step-by-step, how to structure and write a book-length memoir.