What do I mean by a memoir going "meta"? When the book itself is part of the story, and when the process of bringing the book to publication is also the story. (Teaser: I'm going to ask you to vote on a part of my upcoming memoir's cover.) Committed: A Memoir of the Artist's Road …
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It's about the author, not the book. That is one promotion strategy for a publisher, particularly in the memoir genre, the category for my forthcoming book Committed. So it is with a combination of admiration and curiosity (as to the possible results) that I find myself a guinea pig for my publisher. Black Rose has, …
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What is it that sets a creative thinker apart from the everyday individual? My obsession with that question led me to drive across the United States so I could interview artists about their creativity; that in turn led to my forthcoming memoir. But Dr. Nancy Andreasen's obsession far predates mine. Armed with a PhD in …
Enough about my journey to book publication. Let's hear from another author, novelist Sheila R. Lamb. I first encountered Sheila on Twitter in 2010. We were on the same road, creative writers looking to grow. Since connecting, we both researched, enrolled in, and graduated from low-residency MFA programs. We also both became published authors (well, …
The Artist's Road 