Writing – Page 3

“Handling the Truth”–the perils and pleasures of memoir (and how to win this book!)

I don’t quite remember how Beth Kephart and I first met; it feels as if we’ve been friends forever. More…
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Inhabiting a moment

“Everything that is not written down disappears except for certain imperishable moments, people and scenes.” — James Salter, “The Art…
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Book giveaway, events, and online chat

A mother’s midlife memoir paired with a gardening book? What, you might well ask, could these two volumes possibly…
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Magic

Just over a year ago, I hit the wall. I’d been writing for months, throwing away more pages than I…
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Pub date reflections

We were an unlikely pair, Olive Ann Burns and I. She was sixty, a gentle, charming Southern housewife with dreams…
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The View from My Window

The Christmas gift I remember most vividly from my childhood wasn’t one I received myself. Early one autumn, just over…
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