Lee Kofman is a straight talker. When she told me – over a refreshing beverage in South Melbourne – that she felt I was too hard on myself as a memoirist, my inward response was to bristle. I’d just written …
The writer laid bare
I feel spoiled to find my forthcoming creative nonfiction book, Imperfect, about how our appearance influences our lives, mentioned by both The Age and Readings among their anticipated books.…
Thematic compass to guide memoir writing: Guest Post by Cassie Lane
My memoir, How to Dress a Dummy, began as a Creative Writing Master’s thesis – a feminist critique of the beauty industry. The creative component was a recounting of my experiences working as an international model.
A member of …
How to write 3 memoirs by the age of 35: Guest Post from Ashley Kalagian Blunt
The second memoir I wrote was a romantic comedy about how my boyfriend and I finally decided we could live on the same continent. When I had an adequate draft, I sent it to a manuscript assessor. ‘It works’, she …
Literary Friendships
I think I got more lovers than useful writing advice from the various writers’ groups I tried in my younger years, even though those groups were often composed of intelligent people, and sometimes even acclaimed authors. Partly this must be …
Writing about not writing
It feels apt to round up the discussion of creative nonfiction that I’ve had here for the last two months by looking in-depth into one creative nonfiction book that in my view exemplifies this genre’s best virtues – its irreverent …