https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-272-articles-memoirs-essays This is the place for discussion of all non-fiction works, whether it be reading, writing or selling. Talk about the markets, the best-sellers, the best ways to write it. en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:51:57 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4244-memoirs https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4244-memoirs Do memoirs have to be 100% truthful? Should they cover an entire life or simply an interesting bit? anstey Articles, Memoirs & Essays Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-272-articles-memoirs-essays#comments 15 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4244 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4244 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4244 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4138-optimal-word-counts https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4138-optimal-word-counts Out of curiosity, what is the optimal word count when creating a draft article? anstey Articles, Memoirs & Essays Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-272-articles-memoirs-essays#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4138 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4138 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4138 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-6047-how-to-sell-your-work https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-6047-how-to-sell-your-work It seems that everytime I crack some book on "how to sell/publish your book" (a misnomer if I ever, a book on how to sell a book...) it seems that the book thinks that you are Tom Clancy or at Least Hemmingway, where pubishing houses and other apparaticks will fall over trying to give you contracts. They seem to gloss over many things, like the true Editing process, or how to shine up your work to make it more... well, sellable. The one true thing I've found is what they want to see. They don't want the whole blaming thing, they want a portion. Title, synopsis (like what books got on the back cover, that's pretty standard) and the first 20-30 pages. ... more jerseydanielgibson Articles, Memoirs & Essays Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:26:24 GMT /section-272-articles-memoirs-essays#comments 8 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/6047 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/6047 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A6047 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5531-in-memory-of-h. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5531-in-memory-of-h.   I walked, under a sunny emptiness, in a large house with palm trees and even more sun, than the rest of the houses. I kept staring at the see-saw, moving to and fro. And found something soothing, in the contemplation of the life that was left there. I walked, again, on the warm, and smooth sand, and imagined how the others walked on it, once. There used to be life, here, that is definite; I can smell shampoo and curls in the air. Little girls of five or six. And a boy of thirteen, watching over them, as they slide on the large toy that is meant to be there, for sliding and breaking one's bones. The irony in it is that he cannot, and would not be able to reach the children as they fall on their arms, and break them. It happens so suddenly. ... more Latifa Articles, Memoirs & Essays Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:28:02 GMT /section-272-articles-memoirs-essays#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5531 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5531 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5531 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5378-jack-kerouac-online-essay https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-5378-jack-kerouac-online-essay Just thought this was interesting, (I should have said this is a photo essay) Joe R Articles, Memoirs & Essays Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:11:52 GMT /section-272-articles-memoirs-essays#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/5378 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/5378 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A5378 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4215-dame-tracey-paradiso https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-4215-dame-tracey-paradiso in an on-line publication, kudos if you will!!! EmilyRose Articles, Memoirs & Essays Fri, 11 May 2007 16:38:49 GMT /section-272-articles-memoirs-essays#comments 8 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/4215 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/4215 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A4215