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S3E9 || Writing Memoirs with author Debi Lewis

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Today's episode features memoirist and novelist Debi Lewis, where we talk about her newly released memoir, Kitchen Medicine: How I Fed My Daughter out of Failure to Thrive. We also chat about:

  • why she wrote a memoir about her daughter’s struggles with eating
  • the unique research she used to help draw an accurate roadmap not just for herself and her family but to share with other families
  • important things you must consider when writing a memoir
  • having good and bad in your villains
  • the hardest part about writing a memoir
  • her path to publication
  • switching gears—and agents—for fiction
  • the differences between submitting proposals and writing query letters and what to include in a query when you’ve already had rep/published a book
  • her fiction series in progress
  • the three questions that must be answered in a memoir proposal and tips for writing them
  • recording your own audiobook

    • You can connect with Debi on Twitter @growthesunshine and on Instagram @growthesunshine. Her website is www.debilewis.com.

    Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes, @_badasswriters, and @FoxxEditorial. On Instagram, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites, @badasswriters_podcast, and @FoxxEditorial. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxxwrites.com and www.foxxeditorial.com.

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