by christine | Feb 20, 2022 | homepage, memoir
We’re all social beings. Even if you’re introverted like me, there are valuable relationships in our lives that are a huge part of our stories. We need other people in our lives to fill a variety of roles: romantic, platonic, health professional, parent...
by christine | Jan 30, 2022 | Editing, homepage, memoir
Like any significant project, it can be hard to know where to start when you sit down to write your memoir. First, you have what every writer in any genre faces: the technicalities of getting that story onto a page. But memoir writers have the added challenge of...
by christine | Apr 25, 2021 | Communications, homepage
This blog post can also be downloaded as a PDF guide here. Dialogue is a wonderful and effective way of breaking up long narrative, especially long descriptive chunks. It acts like fingers snapping—a signal to re-capture the reader’s attention and bring them back to...
by christine | Feb 24, 2021 | Editing, homepage
You’re the product of all your experiences. This is a common expression—one you’ve likely heard before—but have you ever paused to consider its meaning? I mean really stop and think about its relevance to your own life? When I was a child, I was often told that I was...
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