Write Like An Outsider
Esther Harder, Anna RollinsStories and techniques that leverage the observational skills developed over a lifetime of ALMOST fitting in.
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How to Use "School's Out for the Summer" Energy to Fuel Your Writing
My child brought home the contents of his desk in his backpack yesterday. With each year of growth, I interpret less and less about his mysterious at-school life. More standardized tests, fewer artistic creations. Definitely not my favorite...
Practice Doesn't Make Perfect; It Trains the Body's Knowing
We're speeding into the end of a school year here with all the chaos and heightened emotions of finishing a long thing at long last. Each day, another item to shove into the backpack, or event to attend, it seems. Concerts, awards ceremonie...
Stop Counting Toothbrushes: Find Your Memoir's Real Story
How to use development work proposal writing skills to your advantage in your memoir.
I learned how to frame clear narratives to save myself from boardroom battles. You can use them to save yourself from aimless writing.
Author Interview: Anna Rollins and Publishing a Deconstruction Memoir
's memoir Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl caught my attention because I, too, have been writing and reflecting on what it's like to grow up as a girl who felt the pressure to be good.
I reached out to interview Anna f...
How a Burrito Became My Emotional Support Meal in Rwanda
If you had told me that what I would crave most in the middle of a stressful teaching assignment in Rwanda was a frozen burrito, I wouldn’t have believed you.
We wished our burritos were as nice and crisp as these! Out of the freezer and r...
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I help memoir writers craft outsider stories that connect. If you've ever grabbed your go-bag at the hint of a white picket fence and a mortgage, I'm here for you and that story of yours. I am an Author Accelerator certified book coach in memoir.
Author of Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl (Eerdmans, 2025). Work in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, Electric Literature, NBCNews, etc. English faculty in higher education for nearly 15 years. Mom of 3.
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