01/19/23 Getting It Done
My five children are very different despite sharing the same genetic material and growing up in the same house. One is a planner, one is a spur-of-the-moment type, one is a logician, one can’t stay ...
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12/15/22 Getting It Done
As Peer Artist Co-leaders, Jen and I have been proud of our Memoir Incubator group’s accomplishments. The 10 of us have spent almost a year together—conceiving our stories, drafting, and now shari...
11/21/22 Room to Write
I love going to museums. The art. The learning. The creative space. But the people … well, I don’t always love the people. I get annoyed by crowds. I’m not proud to admit that I often end up peo...
11/17/22 Getting It Done
When I was a medical student at the start of my clinical training, a white-haired Marcus Welby look-alike attending physician sagely advised me, "The patient will tell you what's wrong if you listen."...
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...
10/03/22 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...
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