on cliffhangers and follow-through

I wrote a post last week that ended with a suspenseful to be continued… and then I decided I wasn’t ready to give away the ending.

RUDE, I know. I have no excuse. But I do have an explanation and an apology. Explanation first.

I’m writing a book about my marriage. (if you’re new here, it lasted 22+ years then blew up in 2020) I’ve actually been working on it for a few years now, but tale as old as time, I WASN’T READY.

Until now. And I know this because I am calm and also excited, and the epiphanies are coming faster than I can write them down.

And, because I know a thing or two about writing books and getting someone to publish them and getting people to buy them (and what happens when you don’t), I know that I can’t just never talk about my marriage and then one day BAM! HERE’S MY BOOK ABOUT MY MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE WHO WANTS A COPY?

I have to become The Lady Who Writes Shit About Her Marriage on Social Media for Free But Saves the Really Good Stuff for the Book She Wants You to Spend Money On.

A couple problems with this:

I don’t necessarily want to be that lady. (I also hate the word “lady.”)

And I don’t exactly know how to share just enough but not too much.

So. I’m going to experiment. Here. On Instagram. Threads. Wherever. Write some stuff about my marriage. Tell some stories. Share my process, some of my aha moments. Maybe write in second person (like my last post) or first person or even third person.

Share some journal entries. Some letters. Some excerpts from my old books.

While not pigeonholing myself into a Failed Marriage Content box.

Oh my god, almost forgot the apology. I’m sorry for leaving you hanging last week and for not following through. I would love to tell you it won’t happen again, but I know better.

(also there’s a clue to the working title of my book in the above paragraph)

Question for you: What are some of your favorite memoirs? (bonus points if you know of any good marriage/divorce ones)