by Laura | Jul 29, 2015 | Editing-Writing How To, Nonfiction Related
I recently had the pleasure of asking essayist Meghan Daum about the art of essay writing. Meghan is the author of four books, most recently the original essay collection, The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion. She is also the editor of a collection of...
by Laura | Aug 19, 2014 | On a Personal Note
There’s nothing like a great true story. Sooner or later we all have one that may sound unbelievable, but it’s true. Tracing old steps in the Northwest recently sure brought one to mind from my life. It starts with a little cabin on the Sandy River at the...
by Laura | May 27, 2014 | Nonfiction Related
Part of what “live true” means in my LiveTrue Book collection includes works that can be described as “telling it true.” I am reading a book right now titled, Super Friends by Whitney Holwadel, that does just that. It’s a moving story, and a hard look at our federal...
by Laura | Jan 7, 2014 | Book Publishing Topics
Writer and historian Elizabeth Abbott (pictured) recently posted some good tips for going about nonfiction book projects. Two of them often happen together and the third, which speaks to proposal development, goes beyond that – Let me explain. Abbott’s two...
by Laura | Dec 20, 2013 | Nonfiction Related
As you might imagine, I almost always have a good size stack of “to-read” nonfiction books. I’m a nonfiction hound, and also get a great ongoing stream of authors asking me to review their books and add them to the LiveTrue Collection. Here are just three making their...
