The Tattooist of Auschwitz is ‘based on an incredible true story’. Those words are stamped on the front cover of my novel. What they don’t say is how finding and telling a true story can change the life of the …
The writer laid bare
The map of creativity. Guest Post by Hazel Edwards OAM
Currently I’m between book projects. I don’t know what I’m going to write next. And it’s weird I’m experiencing again the ‘plateau of boredom’ that I’d described in my memoir about my writing life Not Just a Piece of Cake; …
Why I was hard on myself as the narrator of my memoir: Guest Post by Jenny Valentish
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 …
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 …