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I've Been Marketing Myself Wrong. Here's What I'm Actually Obsessed With

by Carlos Garbiras
Mar 11, 2026
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Something has changed for me recently, which is moving me closer to what I love doing, and I want your take on it.

I've been marketing myself as a memoir writing coach. While I have experience writing memoirs and have done so in the past, what I am obsessed with is writing, telling, and performing true stories from my life.

And I would love to help people do the same.

One story. A thousand words. Four to five minutes.

Something you can share at dinner, email to a friend, read to your kids, or perform on a stage.

Memoir feels too heavy, too literary, too much like homework.

Short personal stories feel like fun, community, something anyone can finish — and actually would want to.

Two quick questions:

Does that distinction mean anything to you?

What would make these emails worth opening every week?

Let me know. One sentence is enough.

Happy Telling,

-Carlos

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