Podcast Episodes

84: Jumping from Aspiring Writer to Published Author

This episode is for the writer who still calls themselves aspiring. I'm going to get a little salty in this episode because the truth is that that si…

1 year, 2 months ago

83: Why It Works (or Not): Sociopath, Part 1

This episode is part of a series where I take already published memoir and break down what works and why (and what doesn’t work and why). I’ve found …

1 year, 2 months ago

82: Break the Rewrite Loop and Manifest Your Memoir

This episode is for the writer who can’t even imagine what publication will look like for them. You are so stuck in the weeds of writing and editing …

1 year, 2 months ago

81: Your Publishing Industry Crash Course

This episode is for the writer who wants to better understand the publishing industry.

Pop culture has sold us a very shiny, very curated picture of t…

1 year, 2 months ago

80: 4 Things I Had Wrong about Memoir

This episode is for the writer who has had to refine what they think memoir is. We’ve been sold a specific concept of memoir through publishing, and …

1 year, 3 months ago

79: Why You Don't Have to Be Skeptical about Self-Publishing

This episode is for the writer who thinks (or used to think) that self-publishing is, for whatever reason, less than traditional publishing. When you…

1 year, 3 months ago

78: The Published Memoir—Careless People, Part 2

This is a series where I take published memoir that you can find at any bookstore and run it through the perspectives and lenses and frameworks that …

1 year, 3 months ago

77: The Last Thing You Want to Hear as a Memoir Writer

This episode is for the writer who keeps saying, I just need more time, or maybe I'm just not ready yet, or need to have one more round of edits. I'm…

1 year, 3 months ago

76: The Published Memoir — Careless People, part 1

This episode is the kickoff for a new series on The Memoir Method podcast where I examine already published memoir with an editorial eye: what works,…

1 year, 4 months ago

75: Memoir in a World with War Headlines

This episode is for the writer who looks at the headlines and freezes. The world is overwhelming and scary and uncertain. It can be hard to know what…

1 year, 4 months ago