Let's Talk Memoir

Episode 55 ft. Aileen Weintraub and Megan Margulies

Brooke Warner

The Witches of Pitches are Aileen Weintraub and Megan Margulies here to share their advice about slowing scenes down, remembering that dialogue gives your memoir depth and flavor, finding the other story in your story, creative querying, what building a platform can mean, the power in companion pieces, honing your pitch, and stalking editors.

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Episode 139 ft. Jennifer Lang

Episode 139 ft. Jennifer Lang

Jennifer Lang joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about asking the right questions, understanding what home means and where it is, being sure to put your story in the narrative you’re sharing, her sense of self on and off the yoga mat, answers to mid-life...

Episode 138 ft. Anne Cheng

Episode 138 ft. Anne Cheng

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