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Nature Writing: Why We Need It
Nature Writing: Why We Need It When I was writing Every Natural Fact, I spent hours beside a stream watching water froth over rocks. That riverine landscape wasn’t a … Read more
The Rivers Daughter, Book Review
The Rivers Daughter, Book Review A Memoir by Bridget Crocker, Spiegel and Grau, 2025, 294 pages. Explore on Amazon HERE. In The River’s Daughter, Bridget Crocker offers a … Read more
Mental Illness and the Outdoors a Book Review: Something in The Woods Loves You
Explore on Amazon Book Review of Something in the Woods Loves you Discover Healing in Nature Mental Illness and the Outdoors: A Journey Through Pain and Nature 2024, Timber … Read more
10 Gifts to Nurture Your Child’s Love for Nature
10 Unique Gifts to Nurture Your Child’s Love for Nature In a world increasingly dominated by screens, nurturing your child’s love for nature is more important than ever. Engaging … Read more
Award Winning Nature Books
Award-Winning Nature Books You May Have Missed Award-winning nature books worth checking out: Halcyon Journey, In Search of the Belted Kingfisher by Marina Richie, 2022, Oregon State University Press, … Read more
Before ‘Wild’ by Strayed there was ‘Tracks’ by Davidson
Amazon Link Long Before the Memoir ‘Wild’ by Strayed there was ‘Tracks’ by Davidson Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson, Knopf … Read more
How to Write Dinner Table Scenes
How to Write Dinner Table Scenes That Reveal Power and Conflict Want to concentrate tension, characterization, interpersonal conflict, drop some bombshells, or start a mystery? Set the table. The … Read more
Write a Memoir: You Donât Need To Have Your Life Figured Out
Write a Memoir Now You Don’t Have to Have Your Life Figured Out (And Why It’s Better if You Don’t) The Question That Stops Almost Everyone Nearly every writer … Read more
Sass Star Annie Ernaux Proves Why Memoir Matters
Sass Star Annie Ernaux Proves Why Memoir Matters What If Your Life Is Not Background, but Record? What if the story you think is “just your life” is part … Read more
Publishing in Anthologies: 7 Ways to Boost Your Writing Career
Publishiing in Anthologies: 7 Ways to Boost Your Writing Career Authors write books, but books are only part of a professional writing life.For many writers, a book project takes … Read more
Am I Too Old to Write a Book?
 Did I Wait Too Long?  Am I too old to get started writing my memoir? No. I’m excited about this question because the science behind it is far more … Read more
What Makes a Great Memoir
What Makes a Great Memoir: Craft Lessons from the Books Readers Can’t Stop Recommending What makes a great memoir?Not fame.Not shock value.And not even an extraordinary life. The memoirs … Read more
Read at Least Twelve Books in the New Year
Six Reasons to Read at Least Twelve Books in the New Year Read for a better new year, a better you, and perhaps a better world In the coming … Read more
‘Just Mercy’ Book Review
Just Mercy By Bryan Stevenson A Story of Justice and Redemption  Book Review Just Mercy: The Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson, 2014, 318 pages Connections between … Read more
‘Origins’ Book Review
Book Review of Origins How Earth’s History Shaped Human History Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History, Lewis Dartnell, Basic Books, NY, 2019, 287 Pages. ‘Origins’ isn’t Just for … Read more
‘Entangled Life’ Book Review
Book Review: ‘Entangled Life’ How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures You think you don’t need a book about fungi, but you do. Honestly, … Read more
Review: ‘The Birdman of Koshkonong’
Explore on Amazon Book Review The Birdman of Koshkonong: The Life of Naturalist Thure Kumlien Marth Bergland plucks Kumlien from obscurity and sets him next to Wisconsin naturalists John … Read more
Six Key Elements of Memoir
Memoir: Master These Six Key Elements. This article was updated and expanded on 3/16/2026. Six Key Elements of Memoir Memoirs, including Cheryl Strayed’s Wild: From Lost to Found on … Read more