Write Like An Outsider
Esther Harder, Book Coach, Patricia Grace King, Wandering Identity, Ebony Walden, michelle ray, Deborah Svec-CarstensStories and techniques that leverage the observational skills developed over a lifetime of ALMOST fitting in.
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The writers behind this newsletter.
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.
Loud laugher, user of "y'all." Transplant from the southern US to the north of England. Author of the Drue Heinz Literary Prize-winning collection, THOSE WHO VANISH, publishing September 2026.
Author, lifelong global nomad and mother of four Third Culture Kids. After living in 15 countries, I’m still exploring what it means to belong. If you’ve ever felt between places, you’ll feel at home here.
I’m a writer, filmmaker, and travel enthusiast exploring travel as a portal to transformation. I invite readers to live beyond borders—geographic, emotional, and spiritual—in the process of becoming.
Story coach and author. I write about transformation and belonging, and discover stories alongside the curious. I help you turn what happened into what it meant. Come write with us at The Story Space.
Author of "Toward the Light: A Year in Paris." Book Coach (memoir). Spiritual Director. I write about finding the sacred in the body and the winding path toward healing. Bookaholic and pen snob.
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