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Crafting Persona: The Art of OmissionBy Jill Talbot Some moments won’t ever come around again. In March of 1997, Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth, and by...
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Turning the Corner on ConfidenceBy Mimi Nichter After pushing the send button, my excitement lasted for all of thirty seconds. It was quickly replaced by twinges...
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Improve Your Memoir by Thinking Like a PhotographerBy Grace Hwang Lynch My father handed me a black plastic USB drive in an old bill envelope with a glassine window. It was smaller...
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Writing in PlaceBy Jean Iversen As writers, we’re often encouraged to create a personal, inspiring space to write. Virginia Woolf advocated a room...
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Why I’ve Decided to Be Choosy About Where I SubmitBy Amanda Le Rougetel Once, when I was teaching an academic writing course on contract at a university, I calculated my hourly pay....
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Being a Literary IT Girlby Allison K Williams Nylon magazine’s recent article, The Makings of a Literary It Girl, describes six young woman authors’...
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Sunday School Taught Me to Pitch Personal EssaysBy Anna Rollins At age 12, I practiced writing my religious testimony in a Southern Baptist Sunday School class. Our teacher...
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Bright FragmentsCompiling a Book of Published Essays By Beth Kaplan Through the 1990s, I wrote a lot of essays. A 40-something former actress...
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Her Insult Saved MeBy Kristine Laco “Good first draft.” First words from the developmental editor who had reviewed my memoir. She...
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Brevity’s Best American NotablesWe are entirely pleased that three essays from Brevity magazine have been chosen as ‘Notables” in the Best American...
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On Bending Genres and Expectations: An Interview with Ana María CaballeroBy Amy Goldmacher Ana Caballero I “met” Ana María Caballero because she was a finalist in the AWP Kurt Brown Prize competition in...
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Protect Your Creative Self: A Manifesto on Author Priorities in the Digital AgeBy Heather Lanier I’m “launching” a book. It’s a lucky position. It means I spent ten-plus years on sixty or so poems. It means I...
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Querying Your Memoir in 2024LIFE photo collection via @blackarchivesco By Allison K Williams Querying can feel like jumping through a million hoops. A...
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My Orphan Memoir’s Second LifeBy Susan Spector In 2019, I was writing for my life. Somehow, with help from brilliant coach Susanne Dunlap, combined with my own...
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Dear Mr. SpiderBy Rachel Weinhaus I apologize for destroying your web. It was not premeditated, and I bear no ill will towards arachnids. I...
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Cultivating My Inner RogerBy Charlotte Adamis At 62, I finally understand what it means to cultivate my inner Roger. Roger was the happiest writer I’ve...
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Constructing a Free-Range Writerly IdentityBy Jo-Anne Kerr I had recently retired after a thirty-nine-year career teaching English in high school and a public university. As...
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Do You Need the Cheese and Grapes?By Charlotte Wilkins And what is a Pre-Publication Party? How do you do a reading/signing event if the book’s publication date is...
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The Cure for Imposter Syndrome? The Honorary MFABy Betsy Armstrong Ten years ago, when I decided to become a writer, I didn’t realize I was signing up to pretend to be a writer...
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When a Cold Nose is at the Pearly Gates: Writing a Pet’s ObituaryBy Laurel E. Hunt Like many people of a certain age, I often read the obituaries of complete strangers. Often, the euphemisms...
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The Frozen Pond of Chapter OpeningsBy Margaret Anne Mary Moore “I didn’t realize at the time how much of a frozen pond my life was back then, at six years old.”...
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When Writing Honestly Makes You a Bad Wife and MotherBy Summer Koester “You always say the brutal truth,” my nine-year-old scolded the other day. “You really should try to do more...
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On Guides and JourneysBy Tamara Belinfanti A few years ago, I found myself called to write exuberant, colorful stories with riotous characters that...
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Five Ways Writing Has Infiltrated My LifeBy Abby Alten Schwartz I remember when writing was confined to my working hours. As a healthcare writer and marketing consultant, I...
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Five Ways to Start Making Graphic EssaysThe relationship between Graphic Literature and Flash Nonfiction By Kelcey Ervick ___ Kelcey Ervick is the...
