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7 writers chosen to write their memoir in Peru on a reality show. The winner gets a bookdeal. We have reached peak Squid Games, but also-why not? https://www.writeorflightshow.com/?kuid=aaea3de3-d589-489b-9b5c-13ab03a3b842-1739900958&kref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geniusmemoirwriting.com%2F

Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there. Thomas Berger

“Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.” Will Self

Here in the Northern hemisphere the feeble light is ever darkening and, quicker than you can say Jack Frost, it will be St Lucie’s Day; the moment in the calendar when the world's whole sap is sunk. I love that poem, I always return to it at this time of year. There is something atavistic about...

I write when I feel called to language. When I haven’t felt called for a while, I show up anyway to see what happens. I used to write every day. Not anymore. I try to touch words, mine or others, every day. That’s often books and poems and interviews. Sometimes it’s writing, sometimes reading...