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Christi Craig is a native Texan living in Wisconsin, working by day as a sign language interpreter and moonlighting as a writer. She leads a creative writing class at a retirement center and a Roundtable at Redbird-Redoak Writing. She is a regular contributor at Write It Sideways and an Editorial Assistant for COMPOSE: A Journal of Simply Good Writing. Her stories and essays have appeared online and in print, and she was a Finalist in Glimmer Train's Family Matters Competition.
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Tag Archives: memoir
The Importance of Memoir and a Prompt
When I first set out to write seriously, I cranked out essay after essay, believing I could never make up an entire story from scratch, much less a novel, but I had plenty of life experience to share. Now, I … Continue reading
Posted in life, writing, Writing Prompts
Tagged Bruce Feiler, Christi Craig, E. L. Doctorow, family narratives, historical fiction, memoir, writing, writing prompts
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Deciding to Write a Memoir, Guest Post by Sandra Bornstein
I met Sandra Bornstein after posting an author interview with Erika Dreifus, as Sandra was the winner of Quiet Americans. Sandra came to the blog as a reader, but today she shares her experience as an author. She’s crafted a lovely … Continue reading
Blogs become books. Can a memoir become a sitcom?
Moving to the other side of the cash wrap…felt as disorienting to me as Alice might have felt when she slipped through the mirror into Wonderland, landing unawares in…a world populated by Mad Hatters, rushing rabbits, chatty chess pieces, and … Continue reading
Ride the internet waves.
Today, I’m guest posting at Lisa Rivero’s blog, Writing Life. Lisa and I live within easy driving distance of each other, but it was the ever-expansive internet that brought us together. I won’t bore you with details on when and … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Post, life, writing
Tagged Christi Craig, fiction, Guest Post, Lisa Rivero, memoir, Stanley Kunitz, writing, Writing Life
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