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11/04/22 Guest Writer
In addition to the bi-monthly meetings for book inc, each writing cohort has a dedicated Slack group where we post daily. The 2022 Novel Incubator took to the Slack channel like ducklings to water
10/31/22 Guest Writer
When I embarked on writing a memoir in 2018, I knew exactly why I was doing it. I was honoring my mother and her memory and coming to terms with the grief of losing her. But when I started writing, so...
10/24/22 Guest Writer
After four years of working on my memoir, I (with the help of the Memoir Incubator!) finally finished my first draft. In the hopes of helping out my fellow writers, I’m sharing the top five mistakes...
10/17/22 Guest Writer
After four years of working on my memoir, I (with the help of the Memoir Incubator!) finally finished my first draft. In the hopes of helping out my fellow writers, I’m sharing the top five mistakes...
10/10/22 Guest Writer
After four years of working on my memoir, I (with the help of the Memoir Incubator!) finally finished my first draft. In the hopes of helping out my fellow writers, I’m sharing the top five mistakes...
10/03/22 Guest Writer
After four years of working on my memoir, I (with the help of the Memoir Incubator!) finally finished my first draft. Truth be told, I spent more time freaking out about writing my book than...
09/22/22 Guest Writer
In 2015, I got a spark of an idea for a novel based on a strange, chance encounter with some family members. In 2019, I began drafting scenes, but then, life got busy. I put my idea on the shelf. In ...
08/08/22 Guest Writer
I like to dabble in writing. Like many writers, I love putting pen (or pencil) to paper. At 85 years old, however, even I can’t read my wobbly scribbling. A while back I took a secretarial typing cl...
07/25/22 Guest Writer
I was one of those kids who was always writing a story. I’d write them on construction paper with pictures drawn in crayon. I’d read those stories to my stuffed animals, my dog, and occasionally m...
07/18/22 Guest Writer
As a memoir writer, I rely on accessing memories and linking these memories together to form a cohesive story. I’ve always been a visual person so, to help me in this process, I create a map.
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