In March 2016 I quit my corporate job as Editorial Director of the Americas at BabyCenter to have more time for creative writing. I felt exhilarated to have prioritized my lifelong dream. There was only a little hiccup: I still needed to make a living. I worked at BabyCenter for almost ten...
If you're working on your first book, you may be wondering how to best review it. By now you know that writing is rewriting, but that doesn't make it easier. "Do you mean I need to wrestle this beast a dozen more times? You can't be...
What is the role of truth in fiction and memoir? As a 12 year old I learned that writers were liars but García Márquez taught me to think differently....
"Obits have next to nothing to do with death, in fact, they have absolutely everything to do with life." —Margalit Fox, NY Times obit writer. A few months ago I attended a writing workshop with author Joyce Maynard. She said that all writers should get into the habit of reading newspaper's obituaries....
Aunque siempre quise ser escritora, no escribí mucho durante mi juventud, pero pasé horas leyendo y releyendo las pocas páginas que tenía. Me maravillaban su ritmo, sus evocadoras imágenes, su profundidad emocional. Caminaba por nuestra sala de estar leyéndolas en voz alta una y otra vez. Casi...
Miedo a decir la verdad Casi todas las personas que escriben memorias sienten la misma preocupación: si cuento lo que de veras sucedió, mi familia (o mi ex-marido, o mi amiga) nunca me lo perdonará. De hecho, esta preocupación puede convertirse en un miedo que te...
My friend told me somebody needed help with her memoir, but I had no idea this was going to change the course of my career....