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Singer, songwriter, and now biographer Tara MacLean shares a little more of herself, teaching others how to tell their own stories.
Lay Here in the Dark is one of the songs on MacLean’s album “Sparrow,” which is a companion to her recently released memoir, “Song of the Sparrow”.
Her pandemic written book has become a bestseller, more than MacLean said she could ever imagine.
“These ghosts arise and you have to learn how to deal with them,” MacLean said. “So writing a biography was, in fact, very big for me, it’s different for everyone, it was a process of digging and looking at things, and writing it down, and letting it go.”
MacLean held a workshop at the University of Prince Edward Island this weekend, “Writing with Ghosts – A Guide to Excavating Memories”.
MacLean said she hopes to show people that the most important part of writing a biography is getting the first draft down on paper, no matter how raw it is.
He said it’s just for you, so write honestly, completely, and free of judgement.
