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—STEVE
- Nov 29, 2021
Contrarian Strategies for Your Memoir’s First Draft
Completing a book’s first draft requires a combination of inspiration and brute force. If your memoir or family history has gotten bogged do
- Sep 14, 2021
How to Restart Your Writing Project
It’s been on your mind—and your to-do list—for far too long. How can you restart a memoir or family history that’s been stalled?
- Jun 27, 2021
The Best Photos for Your Book: A Step-by-Step Guide
Planning a memoir or a family history starts with words: interviews, letters, a manuscript. But it’s the images that really bring it to...
- May 11, 2021
The Big Reveal!
We often talk about the challenges of creating a family history. We know a lot of folks need encouragement to take that first step on...
- Mar 4, 2021
Women, Your Stories Are History
Raise your hand if this scenario sounds familiar: It’s your birthday, and your mom hands you a present while laughingly announcing, “It’s...
- Feb 18, 2021
A Recipe Collection: Nourishment of a Different Kind
While designing RLM’s new culinary history initiative, Susan got to thinking about all the recipes, utensils, kitchen tools, and books in...
- Feb 10, 2021
Pandemic Baking: First Draft of Your Family History?
It’s a picture-perfect family fantasy: Your white-haired grandmother lovingly demonstrates all her recipes, which are neatly preserved...
- Feb 4, 2021
RLM Presents: The Culinary History
We’re thrilled to announce our latest initiative: a memoir/cookbook hybrid. As self-proclaimed foodies, we find it intensely satisfying...
- Jan 21, 2021
Memoir Is an Art
Even before co-founding RLM, Samantha was in the business of helping tell fascinating, empowering life stories. So how does an...
- Nov 24, 2020
This Year's Holidays Will Be Different—So Lean Into It
As we approach what used to be termed the holiday season, it might be tempting to focus on all the celebrations we can’t look forward to...
- Nov 18, 2020
What is Ghostwriting, Anyway?
This week, Samantha explains how ghostwriting can be a terrific way to craft your memoir. An experienced ghostwriter herself, she’s here...
- Oct 28, 2020
Behind the Scenes: Susan's Day in the Life
Here’s the latest in our series of peeks behind the RLM curtain. Susan shows us what it takes to make life histories beautiful and...
- Oct 21, 2020
Begin Your Memoir Today, No Writing Required
Sometimes your passion to begin a writing project—now!—collides with the reality of work, chores, caretaking. But there’s hope: While we’re
- Oct 15, 2020
To Share or Not to Share?
Different stories are meant to appeal to different readers—that’s why you keep heading (pre-pandemic, anyway) for certain sections of your l
- Sep 16, 2020
Remarkable Family Recipes
What are the recipes you find yourself reaching for again and again? Chances are they’re not the most elegant or complicated. Instead, your
- Sep 9, 2020
3 Myths About Editors
There are plenty of stereotypes about editors (no, we don’t wear green eyeshades or cackle while we dissect your prose with a red pen). Sepa
- Aug 20, 2020
Telling Remarkable African American Stories
In June, we announced that we were doing anti-racist work, both as individuals and as a company. We’ve been reading books and articles, watc
- Aug 13, 2020
3 Myths About Writing a Memoir
In all our years working on life histories at RLM, we’ve heard every one of these classic misconceptions—again and again. But we’re here to
- Jul 29, 2020
Making Your Family Tree Bloom
We at RLM love family trees and encourage our clients to consider using them, especially in family histories. They offer an easy-to-read vis