by Suzette | Feb 7, 2023 | Writing Memoir
Beck came to me last spring with a vague idea about the story he wanted to write: Snippets of experiences from my childhood living as a girl and moments of parallel in adulthood, as I re-experience firsts as a man. Okay. I knew there was an important story there, and...
by Suzette | Jan 31, 2023 | Writing Memoir
When I came out as gay in my fifties, I was desperate to read stories of other women who came to terms with their sexuality later in life and learn how they navigated that life-altering journey. Did they stay in or leave their marriages? Could they find a way to live...
by Suzette | Jan 19, 2023 | Writing Memoir
“I’m looking for books that are both completely unique and exactly the same,” an editor from one of the Big 5 publishers said on a podcast. And then she laughed. I laughed too. But now I’ve come to believe that the intersection of “completely unique” and...
