Category Archives: Writing

On Writing for Me, plus a Book Review: “If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence, and Spirit” by Brenda Ueland

I have a confession:  I want to be a writer.  A book writer.  A fiction book writer.  Pick your jaw up from the floor; I’m sure this was shocking.  Like so many people who filled their childhoods with books and … Continue reading

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Book Review: “Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott

With her characteristic personal voice and heartfelt honesty, Anne Lamott’s instructional Bird by Bird gets to the heart of one writer’s process as exemplary of all writers.  Lamott’s chapters, labeled things like “Character,” “Plot,” and “Someone to Read Your Drafts” … Continue reading

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