Completing a book’s first draft requires a combination of inspiration and brute force. If your memoir or family history has gotten bogged do

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?

Raise your hand if this scenario sounds familiar: It’s your birthday, and your mom hands you a present while laughingly announcing, “It’s...

While designing RLM’s new culinary history initiative, Susan got to thinking about all the recipes, utensils, kitchen tools, and books in...

It’s a picture-perfect family fantasy: Your white-haired grandmother lovingly demonstrates all her recipes, which are neatly preserved...

We’re thrilled to announce our latest initiative: a memoir/cookbook hybrid. As self-proclaimed foodies, we find it intensely satisfying...

This week, Samantha explains how ghostwriting can be a terrific way to craft your memoir. An experienced ghostwriter herself, she’s here...

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...

Sometimes your passion to begin a writing project—now!—collides with the reality of work, chores, caretaking. But there’s hope: While we’re

Different stories are meant to appeal to different readers—that’s why you keep heading (pre-pandemic, anyway) for certain sections of your l