Only 3 spots are left for my August workshop about memoir writing ‘Finding your story’ at Writers Victoria (Melbourne). If you’re interested, more details are here: http://writersvictoria.org.au/what-s-on/event/first-draft-memoir-in-a-year-finding-your-story2/…
The writer laid bare
Let me count the ways in which I dislike you, my beloved character
Recently I read the novel Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. I didn’t like much any of its main characters – an angry, depressive rocker; a housewife who spends her life not doing what she wants; her saintly husband who nevertheless sells …
After performing in June at a collaborative show with a musician The Play of Sound, my next venture into the world of events will be in early August, when I’ll be heading to Bendigo Writers Festival to appear in …
A Guest Post by Rochelle Siemienowicz: On writing about people I know and love
‘Remember that novel I wrote, inspired by our open marriage?’
‘Yes.’
‘Well it’s finally being published. As a memoir.’
‘I see.’
‘Don’t worry. I’ve turned you into a beautiful character.’
‘Just what I always wanted. To be a character.’
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My next event is coming soon. It is The Play of Sound: An Afternoon of Poetry & Music. In this collaboration with the cellist and singer Adi Sappir, we’ll be discussing, reading and singing poems by the internationally renowned Israeli …
Why do I write (and not, let’s say, professionally cook)?
‘Why do I write?’ is a question I have asked myself not once, particularly when I receive publishers’ rejections, or hear about some friend’s obscene corporate salary, or when I am paralyzed by fear before starting a new project, or …