Summer is teaching time for me.  I just returned from a week on Madeline Island, a blissful spot, made even more so by the twenty-thr...

I've always loved August in New England, where I live.   The heat and sun and sultry air just make me want to go slower, take in mor...

This week I'm traveling to one of my favorite places:  Madeline Island and the Madeline Island School of the Arts, where I teach eac...

When we start writing a book, we have no clue how long it will take.  Most first-time book writers think maybe a year, two at the most? ...

My elderly aunt finished her memoirs.  She mailed me a photocopy.  It was great fun to read--she's always been entertaining sto...

One of the best decisions I made for my recent books was hiring a professional editor--before I began submitting the manuscript for pub...

One of my online students is working on a memoir that threads two storyboards (see more about storyboards here ).  He wants to be able to...

One of my private clients has been working on her memoir for quite a few years.  She's workshopped it through my online classes and w...

It used to be common to sell nonfiction books via a book proposal--an expanded outline, a synopsis, marketing research for the topic, a...

It's been a month of book birth announcements.  Another student from my online classes and private coaching has just released her ...