Your Story Matters
How a Writing Sprint Can Help You Become a Better Writer
In 2022, 413,295 writers from all over the world participated in a month-long writing sprint during the month of November.
The organization sponsoring the sprint has been the subject of multiple cont...
What This Memoir Author Wants You to Know: Part 2
My client, Chris Chandler, is about to become a published author!
Her memoir Stay Sweet: Tales of Quirky Southern Love, will be published on May 12th, 2023 by Red Thread Publishing.
I asked Chris to...
Are You Being Called to Raise Your Voice & Write Your Story?
Years ago, an old friend of mine said to me in her inimitable Southern drawl: "I needed to be hit over the head with a 2x4Â to get the message."Â
As a native New Yorker and someone who barely knew wha...
Why Queer Writers Need Queer Community
I had two polar opposite experiences last week that convinced me that queer people need safe spaces to raise their voices and write their stories more than ever.
First, I read in the newspaper that t...
It's Time to Call Yourself a Writer
Writers, have you ever had an identity crisis?
I had a long professional identity crisis in my thirties and forties. After practicing law for a brief period, then caring for young children, the wande...
What Are Your Writing Goals for 2023?
Years ago, when I was in the throes of hands-on parenting, my nightstand was piled high with parenting books.
One of those books was GOOD FAMILIES DON'T JUST HAPPEN.
As I recall, the author was the ...
Five Ways to Measure Growth as a Writer
This past Sunday, I gathered with my local writing community to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the group's founding.
What a full circle moment that was for me!
Five-and-a-half years earlier, o...
5 Tips to a Successful NANOWRIMO for Memoir Writers
Last week I wrote about how National Novel Writing Month 2012 (NANOWRIMO)Â changed my life.
It can change yours too!
No, I didn't write a novel or a memoir in 30 days—in fact I ended up with a tangle...
No More Transphobic Bestsellers
A few weeks ago I was doing some competitive title research for my Write Yourself Out Foundations writers. Competitive titles, also known as comparable titles, are books that a writer's ideal reader w...
This is What a Writing Community Looks Like
This week in my Write Yourself Out Foundations group coaching call, I had the privilege of listening to queer writers share their dreams and fears about writing their stories.
I heard stories about the...
