The Writing Room: Writing Tips from Jasmin Darznik of “Good Daughter” Fame

Jasmin Darznik, author of "The Good Daughter" | Photo by Sarah Cramer ShieldsBy Barbara Falconer Newhall

Jasmin Darznik was at the Book Passage bookstore in Marin county, California, Monday night for the monthly meeting of the Left Coast Writers. She had some tips for wannabe writers, particularly memoir writers.

Tip # 1: Jasmin’s New York Times bestselling memoir, The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life tells the story of her mother’s marriage in Iran at the age of 13. Jasmin spent months interviewing her mother in Farsi, taking notes about her mother’s life in Iran. [Read more...]

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Book Openers: Memoiring in the Mountains with the Bestselling Jasmin Darznik

Jasmin Darznik's book "The Good Daughter"By Barbara Falconer Newhall

I first met Jasmin Darznik back in 2006, and right away she presented a problem.

We were in the same nonfiction workshop – it was led by agent Michael Carlisle – at the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley.

I had dutifully read Jasmin’s manuscript the night before our class – and for the first time in my workshopping career, I thought I had nothing helpful to say to the writer. [Read more...]

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