Atina Diffley is the author of the Minnesota Book Award-winning memoir, Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works (University of Minnesota Press). Susan Hodara is one of the authors of the recently released Still Here Thinking of You: A Second Chance with Our Mothers (Big Table Publishing) and a journalist who covers the arts for New York Times and other publications. Rachael Hanel is the author of We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger's Daughter (University of Minnesota Press) and twenty other books. Eric Utne is the founder of Utne Reader and is currently writing memoir for Random House with the working title Confessions of a Constant Seeker (on sale fall 2014).
I asked each to share their favorite writing tip--something that has helped them during the process of writing their books. They came up with four very different approaches (no surprise) and quite useful techniques for book writers at any stage.
Please check out their writing and enjoy their writing tips this week!