Ten Pitching Tips for Neurodivergent and Psychiatric Survivor Writers

If you haven’t done so already, please grab my free workbook for marketing your memoir. One of the most exciting—albeit nerve-wracking and often demoralizing—stages of the publication process is the pitch stage. You’ve put in the work—outlining your book, enduring painful rounds of feedback and revisions, drafting a proposal, and approaching your book as aContinue reading “Ten Pitching Tips for Neurodivergent and Psychiatric Survivor Writers”

How to Avoid Trauma Tropes in Your Memoir

Before I get started, don’t forget to grab your free guide to marketing your memoir here! Try to recall the best memoir you’ve ever read. Was it a happy, funny, or just generally smooth sailing kind of story? Or was it more of a tragic one; a story of abuse, loss, or overcoming adversity? MyContinue reading “How to Avoid Trauma Tropes in Your Memoir”

Write Like Nobody’s Watching

Before I get started, don’t forget to pick up your free copy of my Market Your Memoir Workbook to get started on selling your book, no matter where you are in the writing process. This week we are having one of those “teaser” spring-like weeks where the sun emerges from the clouds for a dayContinue reading “Write Like Nobody’s Watching”

Eight Tips to Tighten Up Your Book Proposal

Before I dive in, I would like to remind you that I have a free workbook for marketing your memoir available now. Please check it out! As we discussed last week, your book proposal is of your biggest assets in your book pitch, even (or especially) as a memoir writer. But as many writers andContinue reading “Eight Tips to Tighten Up Your Book Proposal”