“Yes, I hoped and dreamed, of course (don’t we all?), but in the same way that you hope and dream you’ll win the lottery, not in the way that you think it will actually happen. It’s been an amazing ride …”
By Joe Schuster
“When we are writing memoir, that is a part of the pact we have with the reader: we’re not knowingly going to make stuff up.”
By CH Summie
In her lyrical prose, Bills shares her landscape of loss and survival in chapters that are deeply moving, sometimes humorous, and memorable.
by Maureen Teresa McCarthy
She begins to understand deep and lasting connection, her ties with Mammy, Melanie, and Tara, that she has always ignored. She is still growing, still changing, even though she is a grown woman. She is not caught, even if the web is one she made herself.
by Shoba Viswanathan
“You should write about what you don’t know about what you know. So yes I gave my Mother character a few of my things, as a place to start. I needed to start from a place of familiarity to explore the unknown. ”
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by Maddie King
“Alma is Wanda is Barbara is Nathalie is… arguably, the story that ties these women together has had a slow bloom. Through mediums, languages, spaces, it has refracted.” Continue reading
by Marlene Adelstein
Looking back, there were fleeting moments of ecstatic writing pleasure . . . That feeling of gratification is just enough to make me want to do the whole damn thing again, with a new story and new characters, no matter how long it will take. Continue reading
by Lisa Peet
“There’s something about the physical presence of the book, and the power of agency of your own attention. It’s a very personal experience.” Continue reading
by Joan Schweighardt
“Grieving is not a process of the ego, which only wants stability and to be in charge. Speaking generally, grief resists efforts to be rushed so that you can get back to work and become productive again.” Continue reading
by Roy J. Adams
I asked the prof if he thought I had any chance of becoming a successful writer. He hesitated and said, “It takes commitment and tremendous discipline. To become an excellent writer requires a long apprenticeship and there is no assurance of success” … I decided that the risk was too great and looked for alternatives that offered a surer payoff. Continue reading
by Alice Stephens
“While yoga is a moving meditation, I find writing to be a seated one. They both take me out of the clutter of life and into a world where my mind moves at its own pace.” Continue reading
