Coffee & Writing

by Miriam Kavanagh

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memoir

  • When in Juarez Can Make You Hunched Over

    I went from memoir idea to memoir idea to memoir idea based on my time when I was a missionary during my convent years in Juarez. I wanted to pull back on the religiousity of it to gain a wider audience. When I reread the blog, I liked it as it was and decided to… Read more

  • Researching like a Vampire with a Cat

    I can’t sleep, so I decided to do research based on my new memoir, “Shattered Rose Glasses” about the time in 2012 when I went to Juarez, Mexico to be a missionary at a El Manantial, a place for special needs youths and adults that my convent (which I am no longer in–whoo what an… Read more

  • To Critique or Not to Critique, that was Their Question

    I got critiqued by three literary agents on Saturday at the Writers Day Workshop online in Colorado. Brutal would be an understatement. The first agent was told me to go ahead with my pitch, then she asked me “Where do you see this on a shelf in a bookstore?” and “What are your comps?” (Comps… Read more

  • A Girl’s Allowed to Vacillate

    So, there’s another fabulous online writing conference from Writing Day Workshops (http://writingdayworkshops.com). You can also have an inexpensive ten-minute interview with a literary agent. So cool. I am writing a memoir/creative nonfiction. I had a beautiful outline about the relationship I had with my superior in the convent. I got to the end of this… Read more