We all want to belong. As I’ve said previously on this show, we are wired to look for connection and community. That very natural human need is what led today’s guest, Tamara Mathieu, into the Twelve
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Writing Like Giving Birth
Every once in a while, an author will tell me that their book or story wrote itself. It poured out of them, almost
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From Experience to Stories to Stage with Dennis Hawkins-Bogle
Here’s what I was reminded of during this conversation with writer and playwright Dennis Hawkins-Bogle. No one’s going
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5 More Ways to Engage Readers and Keep Them Turning Pages
No one wants to write a boring memoir.
Several years ago I heard Steven Pressfield, the author of The War of
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Writing to Reckon with a Cult Experience with Gerette Buglion
When we leave a high demand group, there is a reckoning that needs to happen. As survivors, we need to come to terms
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5 Ways to Engage Readers and Keep Them Turning Pages
Last week I talked about the necessary pivot memoirists need to make so that readers are engaged with their book. To
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Disentangling Religion from Personal Spirituality with Kimber Young
Kimber Young can trace her Mormon family lineage directly back to Brigham Young, the second president of the Church of
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Your Memoir Is Not About You
Did you read that title right?
Your memoir is not about you?
The word 'memoir' comes from the Latin memoria,
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Finding Healing in Gender Transition with Comedy with Patti Savard
Vancouver Island comedian Patti Savard also happens to be a transgender woman. She brings the subject of gender
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Taking Ownership of Your Story with Hanna Etu
Every human appreciates knowing they are not alone. When we have an experience - perhaps one of being in a cult or being
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