I want to tell you about a new series of posts that Matilda Butler and I created for Women's Memoirs. It's called "Writing in Five: Quick Tips," and it's our way of kicking off the count down to our very popular Writing Alchemy class.



At least once a week we'll be posting a brief audio conversation (only about five minutes) discussing some interesting tip, technique, philosophy or approach to writing. But these aren't just any tips...we're scouring the books about writing by some of… Continue

Matilda Butler and I are celebrating 30 years of friendship and working together. Our Women's Memoirs blog is only our most recent venture together. Thirty years is a long time...we felt it deserved some grand gesture on our part.



So we took our popular 5-DVD set The [Essential] Women's Memoir Writing Workshop and chopped the price. While it's… Continue

As you may know, Women's Memoirs has an interview series called Author Conversations. We've been getting access to some very interesting, and accomplished, memoirists. This week is no exception. This is Sue William Silverman week. Sue is an award-winning author and author of Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You (University of Georgia Press, 1996) and Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction (Norton, 2001, and… Continue