title: Breaking Ground on Your Memoir: Craft, Inspiration, and Motivation for Memoir Writers
author:  Brooke Warner 
description: Brooke Warner is the publisher of She Writes Press, president of Warner Coaching Inc., author of <em>What's Your Book?</em> and <em>How to Sell Your Memoir</em>, and co-author of <em>Breaking Ground on Your Memoir</em>. She is also a regular Huffington Post blogger and a master teacher of memoir who co-leads the popular course Write Your Memoir in Six Months. Her expertise is in traditional and new publishing. She sits on the boards of the Independent Book Publishers Association, the National Association of Memoir Writers, and the Bay Area Book Festival. Her website has been named by The Write Life as one of the Top 100 Best Websites for Writers. Warner lives and works in Berkeley, California.
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  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  My deepest gratitude to my agent, Jennifer Schober, who worked one very fine
  miracle on behalf of Ascension.
  
  
  
  
  
  To my editor and sister-in-enthusiasm, Rose Hilliard, who loves the world of
  books and storytelling almost as much I do. Okay … as much.
  
  
  
  
  
  My thanks to Danielle Fiorella, who created an amazing cover that exceeded all
  expectations.
  
  
  
  
  
  To Laurie Henderson and Laura Jorstad, who blew me away with the careful and
  considerate production of this book. The copyediting was outstanding.
  
  
  
  
  
  Thanks to the marketing team of Anne Marie Tallberg, Brittney Kleinfelter, and
  Eileen Rothschild, who have worked to put this book in the hands of the
  readers.
  
  
  
  
  
  And finally, many thanks to Matthew Shear and Jen Enderlin, who said yes. Now
  there’s a powerful word.
  
  
  
  
  
  I have loved being part of this team.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Cover](../Text/dummy_split_031.html#filepos1509291)
  
  
  
  
  
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