The Ugly Truth: An Advice Column for Nonfiction Writers

Very funny re-blog today, with many not so subtle truth-punches…

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Some pointed advice channeled through guest blogger Anita Gill:

Anita Gill (aka Ugly Truth)

Dear Ugly Truth,

I want to write a memoir about my childhood, but I can’t seem to do it. Every time I sit down to start writing about it, I freeze up. I can’t put down a single word.

I’m so scared that my family will read my memoir and we will have a falling out. I’ve heard of this happening to many memoirists,...