Book I Recommend for Writers

Peterson, B. & Freymann, Sarah Jane. (2014). Your Life is a BookHow to Craft & Publish Your Memoir. Seattle: Sasquatch Books.

Bradbury, Ray. (1990). Zen in the Art of Writing. Santa Barbara, Ca: Capra Press, Joshua Odell Editions.

Lyon, Elizabeth. (1995). Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write. Portland, Oregon: Blue Heron Publishing.

Pressfield (2002). The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles. New York: Black Irish Entertainment LLC.

Atchity, Kenneth. (1986) A Writer’s Time: A Guide to the Creative Process, from Vision to Revision. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Gilbert, Elilzabeth. (2015). Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. New York: Riverhead Books.

Fox, John. (1995). Finding What You Didn’t Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity Through Poem-Making. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.

Robinson, Sir Ken, Ph.D., with Lou Aronica. (2009). The Element: How Findng Your Passion Changes Everything. New York: Penguin Books.

Ueland, Brenda; (1987). If You Want to Write. Saint Paul: Graywolf Press.

Goldberg, Natalie. (1986) Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within. London & Boston: Shambhala.

Metzger, Deena; (1992). Writing For your Life: A guide and companion to the inner worlds. San Francisco: Harper.

Rainer, Tristine. (1998). Your Life as Story: Discovering the “New Autobiography” and Writing Memoir as Literature. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.

Cameron, Julia. (1992). The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.

Phillips, Jan. (1997). Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity. Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books Theosophical Publishing House.

Gelb, Michael J. (1998). How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day. New York: A Dell Trade Paperback.

Pinkola Estes, Clarissa, Ph.D. (1992). Women Who Run With the Wolvves: Myths and Storis of the Wild Woman Archetype. New York: Ballantine Books.

Welty, Eudora. (1983). One Writer’s Beginnings. New York: Warner Books.

Burns, Melba. (2010). Romance Your Writer Within: and Reawaken Your Passion to Write.

Zinsser, William. (1980). On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction. New York: Harper & Row Publishers.

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