Your Life Is a Book

How to Craft and Market Your Memoir

Your Life Is a Book by acclaimed memoirist Brenda Peterson and her literary agent, Sarah Jane Freymann, is a practical and inspiring guide. We offer storytelling insights and writing prompts on finding your voice, self-discovery, and the publishing process.

Oprah.com chose Your Life Is a Book as “self-help advice that works,” and “the process of writing about your past can lead to a boost in self-acceptance, self-awareness, and fulfillment.” Memoir is like a love story, with all the ecstasies, disappointments, and turning points of any relationship. It is a pilgrimage to come home to your life story and legacy.

Bonus feature: NPR New Dimensions interview (newdimensions.org/the-story-of-your-soul-with-brenda-peterson/) excerpt with Peterson on “The Story of Your Soul.” BrendaPetersonBooks.com

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