80% of First-Time Memoirists Make These Mistakes. Thousands of people who “survive life” each year believe they should write a book about what they’ve experienced in order to help others.  But is this, in itself, a good idea?, When should you actually write a memoir? When shouldn’t you? And what tools do you need to craft a […]

How to turn autobiography into memoir for publishing success. Every month, I work writers on projects intended to be memoir that instead read as autobiography. Some have received this very feedback in rejections from agents and editors. Others belong to writing communities where members simply do not understand the difference between forms, chalking every craft […]