Joanclr
Assuming that you would, that is.
I have a memoir/biography book in the works, and I am trying to get my mind about it, to get a better hook before going too much further. (Tx Maia!)
Clearly, there are two divisions of memoirs: 'the famous person or event,' and 'everything else.' If the book is by or about someone or something famous, then there's no problem, ie., Leap of Faith by Queen Noor; Into Thin Air about Mt. Everest. But then you have something written by an unknown. Does this have a snowball's chance in hell of making it anywhere?
Or, to rephrase my question, what--as a reader or as a writer--would grab you to pick up and read a memoir by an unknown author? Is it all in the quality of writing? Or is there something else that separates the greats from the rest of the slush?
I have a memoir/biography book in the works, and I am trying to get my mind about it, to get a better hook before going too much further. (Tx Maia!)
Clearly, there are two divisions of memoirs: 'the famous person or event,' and 'everything else.' If the book is by or about someone or something famous, then there's no problem, ie., Leap of Faith by Queen Noor; Into Thin Air about Mt. Everest. But then you have something written by an unknown. Does this have a snowball's chance in hell of making it anywhere?
Or, to rephrase my question, what--as a reader or as a writer--would grab you to pick up and read a memoir by an unknown author? Is it all in the quality of writing? Or is there something else that separates the greats from the rest of the slush?