Once, I was a full-time writer.
My day began at six, with coffee and a slice or two of fruit toast. I’d ruminate on character arcs and plot developments as though they were the very stuff of life. If time …
The writer laid bare
A new review of my memoir The Dangerous Bride just came out, and it discusses thoughtfully a book’s theme overlooked by most other reviewers but important to me – migration: http://jasonnahrung.com/2015/07/08/the-dangerous-bride-by-lee-kofman-sex-love-and-belonging/…
This was the first time in my life that I got asked if I believed in aliens… (I had to think long and hard about that). Otherwise, this interview I just did for the website of a Bangalore-based writer is …
Inhabiting Your Characters
Some time ago I was approached by a writer asking me to mentor her. She was writing a novel set in seventeenth century Spain. I read the synopsis. The story – a young woman has to choose between her sexual …
My forthcoming workshop ‘Finding your story’ for memoirists at Writers Victoria (Melbourne) in August is already booked out. However, enrollment for a repeat workshop just opened. If you’re interested, details are here: https://writersvictoria.org.au/calendar/events/first-draft-memoir-year-finding-your-story-2…
A Guest Post by Maria Katsonis: The Writer Who Reveals
In an interview with Design Matters, writer Dani Shapiro stated: ‘When you bring out a memoir, the feeling is of the life being reviewed — not the book being reviewed.’ Many memoirists, as they start unfolding their lives on …