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Terrible publishing advice for memoir writers.

This week, I’m offering the 5 worst pieces of advice a memoir writer can follow if they want to land a publishing deal. #1. Think of your...

Publish me! (I’m begging you.) Writing a query letter for your memoir.

You’ve written your memoir, you’ve produced your book proposal. Now it’s time to reach out to your chosen literary agents and/or editors....

Do I need a million social media followers to impress a literary agent?

Let's be brave and tackle what some writers consider to be one of the hardest parts of a book proposal: the Platform & Marketing section....

Writing about writing is the hardest thing.

The day has come. You’ve written, polished, and honed the manuscript for your memoir. Go you! Now it’s time to get that baby out there,...

Memoir writers! How will you catch a literary agent’s eye?

If you’re pitching your memoir to literary agents, the million-dollar question is this: how do you catch an agent’s eye? Impress the...

It’s twins! Kind of. Two new courses to help you write your book proposal.

This week I’m launching not one, but two new courses to help writers who are wrestling with their book proposal—whether they’re already...

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