Today on Writing Is My Drink:
Theo’s Recommended Summer Reading for Aspiring Memoirists
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Take Theo’s Memoir 101 Teleseminar
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The One Question Every New Writer Wants Answered
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Theo with Cheryl Strayed at Wild Mountain Memoir Retreat
Writing is My Drink is devoted to my obsession with all things literary. The premise behind the blog is that a thirst runs through my family, and for me, that thirst shows up as a desire to write, to be a writer, to read, to read about writing, to talk to other authors about writing. So that’s what you’ll find here!
The blog is hosted by me–Theo Pauline Nestor. I’m the author of How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir of Starting Over (Crown, 2008). I teach Writing the Memoir for the University of Washington’s Professional and Continuing Education Program. I coach individual writers (email me if you want info: theo@theopaulinenestor.com) and host writers’ retreats. And, I write freelance articles mostly about dating and relationships. You can find my work in Brain, Child magazine, the Huffington Post, the New York Times and numerous other places. My book Writing Is My Drink: A Field Guide to Finding Your Own Voice is forthcoming from Simon and Schuster.
What can you expect on Writing is My Drink? Author interviews, writing advice, stories from my writing life, reviews, and sometimes a book giveaway. The blog was born out my obsession with all things literary. Here’s how the whole thing started:
Step One: We Admitted We Were Powerless Over the Printed Word
Links to a few of my favorite posts:
Before There Was Memoir, There Were the 80′s
Thich is My Drink, or How I Stopped Competing With Suzanne Finnamore
How I Got Through My Worst Block Ever (Part One)
Here’s some links to some stuff I’m excited about:
Writing Is My Drink–the book! Read all about it!
A two-minute video about my Writing the Memoir class
How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: A Memoir of Starting Over
We Came to Say: A Collection of Memoir, the newly released anthology of my students’ work
My friend Candace Walsh’s debut post on Huffington Post’s Divorce page
My piece about my stepfather on the Huffpo Divorce page
My interview with Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project
Thanks for reading!
Theo Pauline Nestor
Host of Writing is My Drink
I loved the reading of Poser at Elliot Bay last week!
Would love to get your postings. Thanks.
Enjoyed the Lessons on Failure post. I certainly can relate as I struggle to put my memoir together. I just started a blog a few weeks ago through an on-line course. The homework this week was to research blogs that appealed to us. I love yours — your topics, your design, etc.
I hope you will visit mine:
caroldagostino.blogspot.com
Hello Theo
I would like to take your Memoir Course. When is it offered again, soon?
I am in the middle of writing my memoir and it would be helpful to have a class.
thank you
julie cascioppo
Hi Julie,
My next class starts October 11th.
Here’s a link to the info page http://www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/memoir.html
Thanks,
Theo
Glad I found your blog, and I’m looking forward to your new book. Woohoo. Two great finds in one visit.
I love your cartoons, Theo! And the blog re-design!!
thanks, Jennifer! I’m having fun with it.