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Generating ideas for memoir

November 2, 2018

Photo Credit: MarkGregory007 Flickr via Compfight cc  I’m teaching a generative memoir workshop at The Loft Literary Center on Saturday …

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I <3 book clubs!

July 2, 2018

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkvZrXmASXG/?taken-by=bloodmilkbookclub When my book first came out in 2013, I knew of a lot of book clubs (especially in the …

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3-Act structure for nonfiction (Part II)

December 28, 2017

A good narrative twists and turns, and something changes from beginning to end. Photo Credit: daveynin Flickr via Compfight cc …

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Creative Nonfiction workshop Nov. 3- Dec. 15

October 27, 2016

If you’re in the Minneapolis area and have some creative nonfiction that you want to workshop, I’m leading a workshopping …

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Patti Smith’s “M Train”

December 14, 2015

I don’t often post my Goodreads reviews here. But if I find a work of creative nonfiction to be exceptional, …

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Look for the trees

December 3, 2015

This is the first of an multi-part series on cemeteries. This is taken from an early draft of my memoir. My …

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Do you want to know what constitutes effective creative nonfiction? Here’s a great list

May 30, 2015

A must-read for anyone writing creative nonfiction.

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Don’t remember? No problem!

April 15, 2015

If you want to write memoir but don’t remember specific details of events, that’s OK. Here’s one way to address the issue.

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So you want to write nonfiction. Don’t do this!

December 16, 2014

I’ve had the opportunity to read a lot of nonfiction lately. It’s been a great exercise in what works and …

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