Red Room Where the Writers Are

Memoir, Gay Marriage, and Some Thoughts on Blogging, Plot and Readers »

So I've been having a blast blogging over at http://www.elizabethstark.com on the above topics. I'd love your thoughts. Come on by for a visit. Stay and chat. xo,

Narrative of life and death -- in the margins »

I'm reading a riveting memoir of mental illness and recovery called GET ME OUT OF HERE by Rachel Reiland. I came upon it when browsing in a bookstore, and the first few pages swept me away.

And have you read... »

My friends and fellow readers and authors - Has reading THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE struck a chord in thinking about your own interior landscape and experience with life and fate?

On a Personal Note.... »

AUGUST 5th... Hello My Friends!Toast your tea cup, lift a latte, uncork that vintage red...

Screeching, Cooking & Chicklitting »

Yes, New York magazine and the Washingon Post reported it correctly, I'm ghostwriting Dustin "Screech from Saved by the Bell" Diamond's tell-all, Behind the

My Planetary Talismans »

Here is a little piece from my upcoming book, "My Life with the Spirits Part II." I thought my Red Room friends might enjoy a preview.

Wising Up Press Releases "Families: The Frontline of Pluralism" »

Join me in congratulating the devotion of Wising Up Press as they release a n

Thoughts on Doreen Orion's "Queen of the Road": A light-hearted romp with depth! »

I just finished Red Room author Doreen Orion's QUEEN OF THE ROAD, new this month from Random House.

Awards »

I almost forgot! I earned two finalist awards, from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards people: one in Humor/Comedy and one in Autobiography/Memoir.

Literary Hoaxes and Memoirs--Please Weigh In »

I am a marketer by training and profession (there, I admitted it!  and, yes, I've read most of your blogs about book marketing, but haven't contributed because I usually market bank products or te

Mudding the Hut »

In fifteen days, the participants for the Voices workshop (http://www.voicesatvona.org/) will arrive in San Francisco.  Our two weeks of workshops at USF

Surviving a Book Fair: Accidental Cowgirl in L.A. »

Book promotion is challenging at best, as most of you know, and having survived three days of intense book marketing, I can tell you it works, but not unless you work it. Accidental Cowgirl

A Life's Work »

I encourage anyone wanting to know more about prison and prison arts to read Richard Shelton's

Sweet Mandarin »

The Chinese quote on the book says "A Journey of A Thousand Miles Starts With One Step".

The Yellow Swing »

Writing a memoir is counterintuitive. To do it well, you have to bear unflinching witness to yourself as character in the story. You have to recognize that you are not the you you are writing about.

The incident with the gun, my brother, our father, and me »

In my brother’s new book, A Wolf at the Table, there’s a scene where we have a family fight, and my brother runs into my room.

COME ON OVER TO MY REAL BLOG! »

http://www.doreenorion.com/blog

What's So Funny 'Bout Fiction: On the Hoaxed Memoir »

Every day there seems to be a new author putting his or her hand up

Find me, find my books »

My second book,

The Fake Fake Memoir »

You say you are lying, but if everything you say is a lie, then you are telling the truth, but you cannot tell the truth because you always lie... illogical! Illogical! Please explain!

How chasing Mr. Wrong led to Mr. Write »

Imagine all the People.... »

There’s a lot of yapping going on in the publishing world right now about yet another “memoir” that really – isn’t.

The next project »

I'm just putting the finishing touches on my third short story for the Fenway Fiction series, and am starting to turn my sights to the next project.

The Accidental Anthologist: Reluctant expat from Berkeley finds her feminist voice in Istanbul with a literary harem »

Turkey often makes the news for suppressing its authors.

The Written World »

I've not given 'the blog' much consideration untill now, but as I have this oportunity to begin one I will open this door of perception with an example of what I like to call OpOetic Writing.

A Dead Language? »

“Amo, Amas, Amat …”  

Graduation Night.... »

GRADUATION NIGHT:Bittersweet Reflections On The Untimely End of Innocence...By Earl Merkel

Barbra Streisand and Me »

My two links to Barbra Streisand are that we both have the same vivid blue eyes and her Uncle, Sydney Streisand, used to fix my parents' rabbit-eared TV when we lived in Far Rockaway, Queens.

Would You Write a Memoir? »

As often as people ask me why I never write a comic novel, they ask me if I'll write a memoir.

The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn Saks »

This is an astonishing and illuminating memoir of a woman with great gifts who also happens to be schizophrenic.