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...
Hello to all my new subscribers! As you probably know I write A LOT about memoir here, because I am a little obsessed with it, but I am also writing a book about how to write memoir, INTO BEING: The radical craft of memoir and its power to transform (due to be published by MUP in autumn 2025), which I squeeze in between my teaching (memoir) and mentoring (memoir) and reading (memoir), so I like to reflect on some of the things I am writing about here - there will also be opportunity nearer publication to get previews of chapters and even proof copies of the book! So if you love memoir, you’re in the right place.