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Guest Blog: Julie Metz - Some Thoughts on Memoir and Fiction3 comments

bakerkline wrote 1 week ago: The memoirist Julie Metz, who is now working on a novel, writes: When I wrote my memoir, Perfection, … more →

Tags: guest blogs, The Creative Process, Anne LaMott, beginning, Creative Process, Fiction Writing, Inspiration, Jane Eyre, julie metz

Slash Careers Within Writing: My New Stint at Politics Daily5 comments

delialloyd wrote 2 weeks ago: As I’ve said several times before on this blog, I’m a big fan of slash careers. Having m … more →

Tags: Career Advice, Work, writing, Anne LaMott, chicago public radio, Freelance writers, Freelancing, International Human Rights Law, Journalism

Review: Spiritual Writing Teachers1 comment

Alexandra Coulter wrote 3 weeks ago: Some of my favorite spiritual teachers also happen to be writers who write about writing. Brenda Uel … more →

Tags: Reviews, Julia Cameron, Natalie Goldberg, Anne LaMott, Brenda Ueland, Buddhist, Dan Fogelberg, The Artist's Way, Finding Water

Thoughts on Bird by Bird1 comment

browns5 wrote 1 month ago: This is not the book that I decided on when Whitney did the ordering, but I picked it up and just fe … more →

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Summer Homework 3 comments

kendrajk wrote 1 month ago: Sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it? I assure you it’s not. Next year I will be attendin … more →

Tags: Art, College, Life, University, Art History, art institute of boston, Creative Writing, History, Lesley University

bird by bird by Anne Lamott

phebek108 wrote 1 month ago: I don’t remember how long this book has been on my list to read. There is something about the … more →

Tags: Books I've read and loved, My Writing Life, writing, Novel, Anne LaMott

The Art of the Exit10 comments

judy wrote 1 month ago: A few days ago on the Happiness Project blog, Gretchen Rubin wrote about returning to Kansas City fo … more →

Tags: Writing, Writers, and stuff we like, j'epiphanies, Judy Clement Wall, Story, gretchen rubin, writing, Life, happiness, Goals

Laying the Golden Egg2 comments

gotheca wrote 2 months ago: My students don’t believe me. They want agents, and to be published. They also want refunds. … more →

Tags: Being a writer, Career, Publication, Anne LaMott, Fiction Writing Advice, How to Get Published, Fame and Fortune, Becoming Famous

Just WRITE!!!

writebrainit wrote 3 months ago: I have done terrible with posting the past couple of weeks and have no real excuse – I check the sit … more →

Tags: Stephen King, Anne LaMott, on writing

Anne Lamott on writing5 comments

Michelle wrote 3 months ago:   “Day by day, you have to give the work before you all the best stuff you have, not saving up … more →

Tags: Quotes, activists, American novelists, american writers, Anne LaMott, Authors, Books, Creative Life, Creativity

Stephen King's "On Writing" - A Comprehensive Review and Summary7 comments

pacejmiller wrote 3 months ago: There are plenty of books on writing out there, mostly by writers you have never heard of and proba … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, on writing, Anne LaMott, aspiring writer, Book Review, publisher, Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King, The Elements of Style

Day 2 of Visionary Mosaic Murals: show up, load Bubba, schlep everything across Fruitvale Bridge, unload, attach blobs, learn how to stick tile, and then stick all day...

luluwinslow wrote 4 months ago: Day 2 started bright and early, I got up with the birds and did my routine and sort of could move no … more →

Tags: (Hard) Work, Mosaic, Alameda, Art, blobs, Fruitvale, HOW TO?, Isaiah Zagar, Letting Go

Screenwriting Quote of the Day #58 (Anne Lamott)1 comment

Scott W. Smith wrote 4 months ago: It was Anne Lamott’s book Traveling Mercies that first drew me to her writing and I quickly fo … more →

Tags: Screenwriting Quotes, Anne LaMott, Some instructions on Writing and Life, Traveling Mercies, Frieda Lee Mock

Two Books on Writing for Writers2 comments

pacejmiller wrote 4 months ago: A post on two books I checked out this afternoon at the bookstore: (1) How Not to Write a Novel by H … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, on writing, writing, aspiring writer, Novel, Publishing, Author, book, writer

SPECIAL GUEST: AUTHOR GEORGE SINGLETON23 comments

Annette Fix wrote 4 months ago: I’d like to welcome Writer’s Digest Book’s author George Singleton to Annette … more →

Tags: Special Guests, Alice Munro, Anne LaMott, Anne Rice, Annette's Paper Trail, Author George Singleton, Blog Tour, bronte sisters, Contemporary Literature

Kicking some lazy-down-in-the-dumps-blahness butt!

Suzy wrote 4 months ago: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any dire … more →

Tags: MindBodySoul, Zen, A New Earth, eckhart tolle, Ken Robinson, the Element, Motivation, blahness, dr. seuss quotes

Writing what you know2 comments

gotheca wrote 4 months ago: Very few writers really know what they are doing until they’ve done it. – Anne Lamott, B … more →

Tags: character, Technique, Fiction Writing Advice, Writing Advice, Anne LaMott, Fiction Writing, write what you know, FREYTAG, Gustave Flaubert

Five Great Books on Writing & Creativity1 comment

eric_o wrote 4 months ago: Elizabeth Gilbert on a new way of thinking about creativity. “Eat, Pray, Love” Author El … more →

Tags: Ideas & Talks, Video, angell, Anne LaMott, creative habit, Creative Writing, Creativity, elements of style, Elizabeth Gilbert

Best advice on writing? Follow advices on writing!2 comments

bukarella wrote 4 months ago: You see, clever people already went through the trouble of collecting good tips for beginners. The t … more →

Tags: About the Book, Advice, writing, Austen, Writing Tips, beginner writer, first novel, Novel, writing a novel


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