memoirs vs. novels Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/memoirs-vs-novels/ Thu, 12 Jun 2014 01:13:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 In Defense of True Stories https://booksbywomen.org/defense-true-stories-lani-cox/ https://booksbywomen.org/defense-true-stories-lani-cox/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:16:08 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=11774 I know, I know, agents are not interested in memoir, yet they openly admit they don’t know what sells. So why do we listen to them? It’s crazy because “Based on a True Story” sells. True stories are Hollywood’s darlings, and when we settle into our seats getting ready to watch a film and the […]

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