Embrace Your Writing Potential

Discover your unique voice and storytelling style through proven, creative exercises in every class. Learn how to make the time for this big project and how to break it down into meaningful scenes.

Receive Constructive Feedback

Collaborate with your fellow writers during meaningful workshops! We're a community of 12 warm, kind writers, and we're going to treat you and your writing with care and respect.  

Get Personalized Feedback and Edits

I'm going to be there for you all year long, and I will provide close feedback on up to 200 pages. We'll meet one-to-one 10 months out of the year, with these 30-minute sessions beginning in February.

Welcome to Memoir in a Year

This site will house all of our class notes and materials. Visit often to stay up-to-date and connected with your community! 

Your Memoir Already Lives Within You

I'm ready to help you get your important story on the page in a beautiful and resonant way! More than any other class I lead, I look at this as a mentoring relationship between you and me. I want to help you when you are struggling. I want to give you the answers that I have found work for me. You have a community with MIAY, and you are not alone.