When CAN you sue someone for what was written?
A few seats are still open for my craft seminar at the North Shore Readers and Writers Festival in Grand …
Tag Archives: creative nonfiction
What are your favorite “discovery” memoirs?
I couldn’t have said it better myself, so I’m not really going to try. I encourage you to read this …
“I don’t envision myself as someone who’s going to write about rainbows and butterflies”
Thanks to my virtual friend (though I’m pretty sure she exists in the flesh) Linda K. Sienkiewicz for letting me …
Book review: The Grammar of God
My review of Aviya Kushner’s THE GRAMMAR OF GOD: A JOURNEY INTO THE WORLDS AND WORDS OF THE BIBLE, appears …
What’s making me happy this week (Sept. 3)
Three of my favorite things this week: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachael Hanel (@rachael_hanel) The …
What longing for a loved one looks like in a poem
I’m writing a chapter for my WIP on sibling loss, and I’ve read several enlightening studies. But I thought I’d …
4 tips for writing sadness
Recently my friend and I were talking about how heavy it can be to write sad stories. She’s writing a …
We know the ending. So why do we read?
If you’re reading a novel and someone who has already read it talks about it, you might say, “Stop! I …
Do you want to know what constitutes effective creative nonfiction? Here’s a great list
A must-read for anyone writing creative nonfiction.
5 things I learned about writing from Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home
I consider Fun Home to be the perfect memoir.
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 