Memoir writers can't make progress because they are learning to write, have career and personal commitments, and get no support for the work

The key to writing a really good memoir is to identify a really good theme that runs through some aspect of your life and focus on that.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I want to talk about this issue of self-editing and the necessity of hiring a professional...

Our brains have evolved to learn from stories. Theme is not the same as plot. It is more important.

Guest blogger S. D. Howard, The Editing Bard Whenever I tell someone, “I’m a developmental editor and story coach,” I usually get a blank...

UPDATE 1/8/2021 I am a member of several closed writers’ groups on Facebook. I won’t name them. No one I have encountered so far is...

UPDATED 1/8/21 In my previous blog post, I described what you can expect from me with a manuscript assessment. And, to summarize broadly,...

If you are a veteran writer, you probably know which level of editing your manuscript needs before you reach out to an editor. But if you...