Don’t forget to pick up your free copy of my Memoir Marketing Workbook if you have not already! You might not yet know how or where you would like to publish your book, but it’s important to explore your options. Many writers initially intend to get a deal with a literary agent with the goalContinue reading “Ten Literary Agents Currently Interested in Mental Health and Neurodiversity”
Category Archives: Mental Health
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”
Is It the Right Time to Write My Memoir? Asking the Right Questions
I am a proponent of writing whenever you can, whenever inspiration strikes, regardless if any of it becomes useful later on. But when it comes to writing a book with the goal of being published, particularly when that book is a memoir, there are some critical questions to first ask yourself. Why am I writingContinue reading “Is It the Right Time to Write My Memoir? Asking the Right Questions”
Things to Consider When Writing about Mental Health (Yours and Others)
Reflecting on your own mental health through writing is a monumental task, especially if your goal is to publish your work. Exposing your deep internal struggles and pain is a true act of courage and can come with its own set of consequences. Writers of memoir generally need to be prepared for the potential consequencesContinue reading “Things to Consider When Writing about Mental Health (Yours and Others)”
Why We Need to Keep Writing (and Reading) about Mental Health
I would hope most people reading this already know how important this topic is. With that said, my discussion may not cover all of the reasons you personally would include; so I encourage you to continue the discussion in the comments. My purpose here is to one, help those of you who don’t yet understandContinue reading “Why We Need to Keep Writing (and Reading) about Mental Health”
The Ethics of Profiting Off of Our Trauma
Writing books on grief, mental health, and trauma can be a tricky thing when it comes to earning money. We all need to pay the bills somehow, and many of us wish to do so by pursuing something we’re passionate about. But what if we’re passionate about telling our grief story (me)? What if weContinue reading “The Ethics of Profiting Off of Our Trauma”
Progress Is Rarely Linear: A Follow-Up on Krav and My Mental Health
Five years ago, I wrote about how Krav Maga transformed my mental health journey. For those who are unfamiliar, Krav Maga is the official self defense system of the Israeli Defense Forces and US Law Enforcement Agencies. Krav is a combination of boxing, kickboxing, MMA, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, karate, and various other forms of martial arts.Continue reading “Progress Is Rarely Linear: A Follow-Up on Krav and My Mental Health”
Feeling Stuck in Your Writing Life? Here’s How I Got Myself Out
For a long time, I believed writer’s block was real because I only felt naturally inspired maybe two percent of the time. I thought to be a good writer was to write from that headspace you inhabit only two percent of your everyday life.
Hanna Etu 