Two Paths, Fiction and Memoir: Traveling the One That’s Right for You

Two Paths, Fiction and Memoir: Traveling the One That’s Right for Youhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/webinars/c/e/2375<h4>All webinar start times are listed in US Eastern Time. To see what the start time means for your location, <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20261007T173000&p1=105&p2=136" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CLICK HERE.</a></h4> Can't make this session? Don't worry, we'll be repeating it! You can register <a href="/webinars/c/e/2377">HERE</a>. Some stories ask to be told as lived truth. Others need the freedom of invention for the emotional truth to unfold. Perhaps there are privacy concerns or events that need reshaping. In this webinar, two award-winning authors will guide writers through the possibilities and challenges of choosing a genre for their story. About the Presenters: Julie Ryan McGue is an American writer, a domestic adoptee, and an identical twin. From memoir to children’s tales, she explores identity, family, belonging, and the ways love and loss transform us. She is the author of three award-winning books: Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging (She Writes Press, 2021), Belonging Matters: Conversations on Adoption, Family, and Kinship (Muse Literary, 2023), and Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood (She Writes Press, 2025). In 2025, Julie published Jack and Lulu Go to the Tree Farm (Muse Literary), the first book in her children’s book series: Let’s Go with Lulu. Her work has appeared in various online publications such as Writers Digest, Chicago Story Press, and Brevity Nonfiction Blog. Her personal essays have appeared in several anthologies, including Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis (She Writes Press, 2022), and Real Women Write: In the Garden (Story Circle Network, 2025). She splits her time between Michigan City, Indiana and Sarasota, Florida. Jennifer Celeste Briggs has a BA in English Literature from Swarthmore college. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and two daughters. Her daughter Sarah has a genetic anomaly and autism. When Sarah was four, Jenny decided to run a Son-Rise Program for her, calling it Sarah-Rise, and training at the Autism Treatment Center of America. The Son-Rise Program is a loving child-centered approach to helping those with autism and other challenges connect socially, verbally, and through increased eye contact. Organizing hundreds of hours of therapeutic play time for Sarah, Jenny trained and coordinated multiple volunteers who contributed their love and creativity to the venture. Jenny started a blog to share the experience of Sarah-Rise and has heard multiple times that her words were helpful to others dealing with life struggles. Jenny wants to help parents feel understood and to spread the word about The Son-Rise Program. She hopes that her words bring comfort, joy, and inspiration to readers whatever their challenges and journeys may be. She is currently working on a novel, inspired by her other daughter, about a teenager surviving middle school while wearing a scoliosis brace. To see all of our upcoming live webinar events, <a href="/webinars/">CLICK HERE</a>.en-USTelligent Community 10