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Hello Memoir Lovers ...
No, it's all about the dog... Her name is Elsa
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Catching Memories

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Ten important things #13
From Cornwall with love from me and Elsa
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Ten important things #12
It's all about publishing this week
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How to dream the Real Dream
On drinking, flirting and lying to yourself...
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Boiled eggs and king-sized beds
Funny how objects remind us so much of past lives...
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Ten important things #11
Why do we write memoir? I have no idea, but here are some nice things that happened this week.
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Letters

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Memories of the Future
Letters of an examined life... Letter #14
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Memories of the Future
Letters of an examined life – Letter #12
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Memories of the Future
Letters of an examined life – Letter #10
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Memories of the Future
Letters of an examined life - Letter #7
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Memories of the Future
Letters of an examined life - Letter #5
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Memories of the Future
Letters of an examined life – Letter #3
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Memories of the Future
Letters of an examined life
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Craft of Memoir

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Too scared to write memoir?
This week I wrote a guest post for London Lit Lab, my little teaching company, and I'm sharing it here too.
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Lily and Clover Talking Memoir and Self-Transformation
Finally I pinned down Clover Stroud to talk about the creative power of longing and the importance of connecting with readers ... and so much more.
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Clover Stroud
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Memoir: Who is Speaking and Why?
The tricky business of characterising yourself
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Notes from an Author and Agent Q&A with Curtis Brown Creative
Here are my reflections on a Q&A I did on Monday night about writing and publishing memoir and the industry
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No one wants a memoirist in their family... do they?
Here I look at how other writers have managed writing about loved ones, and managed sensitive material...
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So you want to write memoir? Give yourself permission
One of the biggest hurdles new writers experience when they want to write memoir is getting beyond the fear of hurting others... here are some tips
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Do people really want to read the difficult stuff?
How best to write about child sexual abuse
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A Wild and Spiritual Home
A little on mother-desire and how to write about it
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Recent posts

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Ten important things #13
From Cornwall with love from me and Elsa
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The Aesthetic Memoir: Interview with Caro Giles
On single motherhood and reclamation of self. And the beautiful light of the moon.
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Too scared to write memoir?
This week I wrote a guest post for London Lit Lab, my little teaching company, and I'm sharing it here too.
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Ten important things #12
It's all about publishing this week
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How to dream the Real Dream
On drinking, flirting and lying to yourself...
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Dr Lily Dunn
Lily and Clover Talking Memoir and Self-Transformation
Finally I pinned down Clover Stroud to talk about the creative power of longing and the importance of connecting with readers ... and so much more.
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Clover Stroud
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