As anyone who knows me knows, I’ve been working on a memoir “about my neighborhood” for over two years. It’s really much bigger and more intriguing than that, but that’s its code name. It’s like when you’re driving through Los Angeles and you see cardboard signs with arrows that say this way to “Clearasil Commercial [...]
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The New Memoir
Posted in memoirs, personal life, writing, writing life, tagged hollywood, hollywood memoir, los angeles, memoirs, writer's life, writing, writing life on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How Do You Know When Your Book is Done?
Posted in memoirs, writing, writing life, tagged how do you know when your book is done, how do you know when your novel is done, how to tell when your book is done, how to tell when your novel is done, writer's life, writing, writing advice, writing life on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m knee deep in this memoir I’ve been beating into submission since Thanksgiving. My goal was to have it ready to send off to agentland on Monday, which is five days away. I don’t think it’s going to happen, though, guys. That particular dream isn’t dead (yet), but we’re discussing putting it on life support. [...]
Thanks
Posted in writing, tagged the writing life, writing, writing life on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you so much for the support yesterday, you guys. I got an offer to join a writing group, beautifully written words of encouragement, and a lot of virtual love. I especially appreciated the advice to “Breath deep. Don’t do yoga.”
The Writing Life, Solitary Confinement
Posted in literary agents, writing, tagged miss snark, nathan bransford, publishing advice, the writing life, writer's life, writing, writing advice, writing life on June 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Had a partial meltdown yesterday over how lonely and unsupported this whole author gig is. The thing is, you can have people look at your work, which is wonderful, but no one can really do your work for you. No one really helps with the actual writing. And I feel like I’m still just learning. [...]
Published Memoir Writer Drawback
Posted in memoirs, writing on June 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Man, I wish I didn’t know what it feels like to stand up in front of 100 people at a Barnes & Noble book event to talk about some guy you dated years ago and then to have that guy show up. Whether you cast him as the devil, or worse, as a shining knight, [...]
Posted in memoirs, movies, writing on May 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My story editor Michaela was over today helping me make sense of the unfinished manuscript for my memoir. The weather here is cold and wet, depressing since it should be sunny, buttery spring, so I got us cold-weather comfort food: garlic shrimp and broccoli, cashew chicken, and egg rolls from the Thai place on the [...]
Bad Coffee
Posted in writing on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This site is currently under construction. I’m moving portions of DatingAmy.com over here and deciding what to keep or throw out. As you can see from the tabs I’m starting to build a page for the old site. In other news, I’m not going to buy Trader Joe’s coffee again. It’s terrible compared to the [...]
Reading, writing and arrhythmia
Posted in writing, tagged writing on May 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I wish I felt more grateful about my current career circumstances. I mean I have all day to just write if I want. Not marketing writing, not copy writing, not paid blogging, but books. My books. Yet I’m completely dissatisfied. Frustrated and stressed. I was so unhappy with my manuscript last week that my throat [...]
