Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBONUS A Recap of the Lost Audio
AKA The Memoir Method and From the Ashes. Even though the fantastic conversation is lost forever, I couldn't let us wrap up From the Ashes without br…
2 years, 10 months ago
14: Boundaries and Singularity in Memoir (From the Ashes final thoughts)
In this episode with Ginny Walters we talk through our final thoughts on From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle. We are so glad that we read this together a…
2 years, 10 months ago
13: Vignettes and the Velvet Hammer, a From the Ashes deep dive
In today's episode I have Ginny Walters back with me to deep dive From the Ashes further. We examine how Jesse Thistle uses vignettes to manage the r…
2 years, 11 months ago
12: A Writing Pep Talk
I'm sharing a short pep talk that I initially wrote for a live group I ran last November (the precursor to the Memoir Method Live actually!) and is n…
2 years, 11 months ago
11: 4 Lessons I've Learned from My Memoir Method Writers (Fall 2023)
The Memoir Method Live fall cohort is wrapping up this week, and today I’m taking the time to reflect on what the past ten weeks have meant to me and…
2 years, 11 months ago
10: Should You Write a Memoir?
This week I take you behind the scenes of my first encounters with writers, what I've been calling a "writing strategy call" (but after prepping this…
2 years, 11 months ago
09: NaNoWriMo for Memoir Writers
National Novel Writing Month presents a creative and energetic container for fiction writers, and I want to extend that experience to memoir and crea…
3 years ago
08: Writing and the Compound Effect
Writing is just like any other endeavor: the more you do it, the better you become. You don’t need to invest eight hours every day to write a memoir.…
3 years ago
07: 9 Steps to Finishing Your Memoir
You want to write and you want to finish your manuscript. Today’s episode is all about how to move you to that finish line and feel confident in your…
3 years ago
06: Why You (and Your Readers) Need Your Book to Have a Thesis
As you'll hear, Ginny and I had a different episode planned today! Thwarted by technology, I'm coming to you solo today to talk about what a thesis i…
3 years ago