North County Book Lovers! We have a bookstore on the way! Opening mid-June-ish, with coffee and gifts and books books books.
If you’re a local author and want to help with promo, please DM me! Let’s make this a HUGE success for North County bookish folks.
#author #booktok #carlsbadvillage #carlsbadcalifornia #bookstore
Here’s more of my interview on Substack live with memoir teacher and podcast host @ronitplank , talking about aspects of writing Bitter, Sweet, my family estrangement memoir.
Ronit asks such insightful questions and we got great questions from the audience, including questions about how to write about trauma with it not impacting us as we’re writing, how to access deeply buried memories (ones that aren’t traumatic, just buried), and how to rework scenes and structure until the book finally feels right.
We got a question about how to write better dialogue, and hear I talked about how taking screenwriting really helped me.
Reframing my story around the larger story of family estrangement wasn’t difficult once I found that angle, as I was estranged from my parents for 16 years and am still estranged from my brothers, for different reasons.
Estrangement is hard and painful and it’s the last choice after a long period of trying to be connected, trying to be whole, trying to be happy.
Bitter, Sweet—my family estrangement memoir—is out now.
#booktok #estrangement #bookish #trauma #author
Here’s more of my interview on Substack live with memoir teacher and podcast host @ronitplank , talking about aspects of writing Bitter, Sweet, my family estrangement memoir.
Ronit asks such insightful questions and we got great questions from the audience, including questions about how to write about trauma with it not impacting us as we’re writing, how to access deeply buried memories (ones that aren’t traumatic, just buried), and how to rework scenes and structure until the book finally feels right.
We got some great questions during the live, like how to improve your dialogue and I shared some tips I've learned from studying other memoirs.
Reframing my story around the larger story of family estrangement wasn’t difficult once I found that angle, as I was estranged from my parents for 16 years and am still estranged from my brothers, for different reasons.
Estrangement is hard and painful and it’s the last choice after a long period of trying to be connected, trying to be whole, trying to be happy.
Bitter, Sweet—my family estrangement memoir—is out now.
#booktok #estrangement #bookish #trauma #author
Here’s more of my interview on Substack live with memoir teacher and podcast host @ronitplank , talking about aspects of writing Bitter, Sweet, my family estrangement memoir.
Ronit asks such insightful questions and we got great questions from the audience, including questions about how to write about trauma with it not impacting us as we’re writing, how to access deeply buried memories (ones that aren’t traumatic, just buried), and how to rework scenes and structure until the book finally feels right.
In this clip I talked about how the original purpose of the book for me was to understand my difficult relationship with my prickly mother, and to try to figure out why I was having a harder time forgiving her than I did forgiving my dad, the perpetrator.
Reframing my story around the larger story of family estrangement wasn’t difficult once I found that angle, as I was estranged from my parents for 16 years and am still estranged from my brothers, for different reasons.
Estrangement is hard and painful and it’s the last choice after a long period of trying to be connected, trying to be whole, trying to be happy.
Bitter, Sweet—my family estrangement memoir—is out now.
#booktok #estrangement #bookish #trauma #author
Forgiveness is a tough hurdle within families. Thank you, Stephanie Weaver, for sharing your story of your mom. ♥️ #love #grief #healing #forgiveness #mom
Here’s more of my interview on Substack live with memoir teacher and podcast host @ronitplank , talking about aspects of writing Bitter, Sweet, my family estrangement memoir.
Ronit asks such insightful questions and we got great questions from the audience, including questions about how to write about trauma with it not impacting us as we’re writing, how to access deeply buried memories (ones that aren’t traumatic, just buried), and how to rework scenes and structure until the book finally feels right.
Reframing my story around the larger story of family estrangement wasn’t difficult once I found that angle, as I was estranged from my parents for 16 years and am still estranged from my brothers, for different reasons.
Estrangement is hard and painful and it’s the last choice after a long period of trying to be connected, trying to be whole, trying to be happy.
Bitter, Sweet—my family estrangement memoir—is out now.
#booktok #estrangement #bookish #trauma #author
Here’s more of my interview on Substack live with memoir teacher and podcast host @ronitplank , talking about aspects of writing Bitter, Sweet, my family estrangement memoir.
Ronit asks such insightful questions and we got great questions from the audience, including questions about how to write about trauma with it not impacting us as we’re writing, how to access deeply buried memories (ones that aren’t traumatic, just buried), and how to rework scenes and structure until the book finally feels right.
In this clip Ronit and I talk about how to know if a scene has earned its place in the book or not.
Reframing my story around the larger story of family estrangement wasn’t difficult once I found that angle, as I was estranged from my parents for 16 years and am still estranged from my brothers, for different reasons.
Estrangement is hard and painful and it’s the last choice after a long period of trying to be connected, trying to be whole, trying to be happy.
Bitter, Sweet—my family estrangement memoir—is out now.
#booktok #estrangement #bookish #trauma #author
Here’s more of my interview on Substack live with memoir teacher and podcast host @ronitplank , talking about aspects of writing Bitter, Sweet, my family estrangement memoir.
Ronit asks such insightful questions and we got great questions from the audience, including questions about how to write about trauma with it not impacting us as we’re writing, how to access deeply buried memories (ones that aren’t traumatic, just buried), and how to rework scenes and structure until the book finally feels right.
In this clip, I talked about using a page from The Body Keeps the Score to help me access long-ago sensory memories.
Reframing my story around the larger story of family estrangement wasn’t difficult once I found that angle, as I was estranged from my parents for 16 years and am still estranged from my brothers, for different reasons.
Estrangement is hard and painful and it’s the last choice after a long period of trying to be connected, trying to be whole, trying to be happy.
Bitter, Sweet—my family estrangement memoir—is out now.
#booktok #estrangement #bookish #trauma #author
Thank you to everyone who made this book launch month incredible! I am so grateful to have Bitter, Sweet out in the world to add to the resources available for people living with estrangement, trauma, and recovery from childhood sexual abuse. Plus there was CAKE.
#author #nocontact #bookish #bookstagram #healingjourney
Here’s more of my interview on Substack live with memoir teacher and podcast host @ronitplank , talking about aspects of writing Bitter, Sweet, my family estrangement memoir.
Ronit asks such insightful questions and we got great questions from the audience, including questions about how to write about trauma with it not impacting us as we’re writing, how to access deeply buried memories (ones that aren’t traumatic, just buried), and how to rework scenes and structure until the book finally feels right.
Reframing my story around the larger story of family estrangement wasn’t difficult once I found that angle, as I was estranged from my parents for 16 years and am still estranged from my brothers, for different reasons.
Estrangement is hard and painful and it’s the last choice after a long period of trying to be connected, trying to be whole, trying to be happy.
Bitter, Sweet—my family estrangement memoir—is out now.
#booktok #estrangement #bookish #trauma #author
Here’s more of my interview on Substack live with memoir teacher and podcast host @ronitplank , talking about aspects of writing Bitter, Sweet, my family estrangement memoir.
Ronit asks such insightful questions and we got great questions from the audience, including questions about how to write about trauma with it not impacting us as we’re writing, how to access deeply buried memories (ones that aren’t traumatic, just buried), and how to rework scenes and structure until the book finally feels right.
Reframing my story around the larger story of family estrangement wasn’t difficult once I found that angle, as I was estranged from my parents for 16 years and am still estranged from my brothers, for different reasons.
Estrangement is hard and painful and it’s the last choice after a long period of trying to be connected, trying to be whole, trying to be happy.
Bitter, Sweet—my family estrangement memoir—is out now.
#booktok #estrangement #bookish #trauma #author
Here’s more of my interview on Substack live with memoir teacher and podcast host @ronitplank , talking about aspects of writing Bitter, Sweet, my family estrangement memoir.
Ronit asks such insightful questions and we got great questions from the audience, including questions about how to write about trauma with it not impacting us as we’re writing, how to access deeply buried memories (ones that aren’t traumatic, just buried), and how to rework scenes and structure until the book finally feels right.
Reframing my story around the larger story of family estrangement wasn’t difficult once I found that angle, as I was estranged from my parents for 16 years and am still estranged from my brothers, for different reasons.
Estrangement is hard and painful and it’s the last choice after a long period of trying to be connected, trying to be whole, trying to be happy.
Bitter, Sweet—my family estrangement memoir—is out now.
#booktok #estrangement #bookish #trauma #author
