Get That Memoir Written
With Lizzie Simon

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Download (audio and PowerPoint) + lecture notes $30.00

If you're looking to make serious progress on a book project, or
just wanting to explore your creativity, Get That Memoir
Written is a terrific opportunity to do so. The goal of the
class is to learn techniques and practices to move significantly
forward in writing compelling narrative nonfiction, and to come
into a better understanding of what holds you back. Great memoir
writing is all about telling the truth, connecting honest moments,
and finding that propulsive storytelling force inside you that will
best engage readers on a journey.

Take-aways include:
• exercises to get you going and exercises to see you through
• methods of approaching "What You're Avoiding"
• ways to address common pitfalls in memoir writing
• strategies for creating and maintaining a productive writing
practice

Lizzie
Simon is the author of Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D, which
was published by Atria Books in 2002. Detour was excerpted
in Time magazine and HBO Films optioned it for a feature
film. Lizzie served as a consultant and field producer on an award
winning one-hour, Detour-inspired documentary for MTV. She
works as a freelance travel and culture writer, and has taught
writing workshops all over the country, including at the University
of Pennsylvania, Media Bistro, Actors Equity in NYC, and local
chapters of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. She is
currently finishing work on a new memoir, tentatively called
Soldier’s Heart.

She Writes Live! with Brooke Warner, Senior Editor at Seal Press / Coach and Consultant at Warner Coaching

"EVERYTHING YOU WANT AND NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GETTING YOUR NONFICTION BOOK PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S PUBLISHING CLIMATE"

This webinar took place Weds Dec 8 1pm-2pm ET, via web and call-in Hosted by Deborah Siegel

Download Brooke's Webinar now!

Download (audio+PowerPoint) ONLY $31.17

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Ever wish you could ask a senior editor in an established (and amazing!) publishing house a question without revealing what you
don’t know? Do you long for access to sought-after insiders without
having to “perform”? Has there been a particular aspect of the
writing, proposing, or platform-building process that’s bewildered
or paralyzed you, kept you up at night, and separated you from your
goal? Then this one’s for you.

This is not so much a “webinar” as it is a pitch session without the pitch.

Here’s how it will work. Brooke will first briefly share the top five things she feels it's critical that YOU, the author, know –
including:

*what makes an ideal author in today’s publishing climate, from an editor’s perspective
*the difference between an indie publisher and a Big House and the
pros and cons of each right now
*whether or not there is such a thing as being too persistent
*the difference between pre-publicity ( a no-no) and building your
platform (an absolute must!)

She’ll then turn it over and open the floor. Deborah will moderate. Come with questions and please don’t be shy. There is no
question too great, no question too small.

 

If you can't participate live, you can order the download,
available soon after the event. (Note: the option for ordering the
download will be posted in this space soon!)

 

**BROOKE WARNER IS AVAILABLE FOR VIRTUAL LUNCH, a private,
one-on-one phone conversation with you. Slots are filling quickly.
Sign up to reserve "lunch" by emailing services@shewrites.com with
"Virtual Lunch with Brooke" as the subject

About Our Expert
Brooke Warner is Senior Editor at Seal Press, publisher of women’s
nonfiction books, written for women, by women. Brooke has been in
the publishing industry for over ten years and has been coaching
and consulting individual writers for the past three years. Brooke
specializes in women’s issues and mind/body/spirit, but she’s
worked with screenplay writers, novelists, memoirists, and
essayists over the course of her career. See Brooke’s website and
her list of acquisitions at Seal Press.

***Brooke’s Virtual Lunches are an opportunity for you to
pitch projects or ideas to her. If you think your project is a good
fit for Seal, let her know up front and she can offer you specific
feedback with regards to what works for the press. In her role as
coach and consultant, Brooke can help steer you toward refining
your idea, pitch, and proposal so that it captures the attention of
an agent or editor. These calls are collaborative conversations
that involve brainstorming, refining, and getting clarity before
submitting to an agent or editor. They can also be treated as your
own personal Q&A session, so come with questions! Brooke is
open to receiving a draft of a query letter or pitch you are
working on (up to 5 pages) and/or a bio in advance of the call.

 

About Our Host
Deborah Siegel, PhD, is Founding Partner / Director of Content and
Community of She Writes. She is the author of Sisterhood,
Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild, co-editor
of the literary anthology Only Child: Writers on the Singular
Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo, founder of the
group blog Girl w/Pen, and co-founder of the webjournal The Scholar
& Feminist Online. Her writings on women, feminism,
contemporary families, sex, and popular culture have appeared in
venues including The Washington Post, The Guardian, Slate’s The
Big Money, Recessionwire, The Huffington Post, The American
Prospect, More, and Psychology Today.

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