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Smells Like Books In Here!
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items I love books, all the things about books and what they smell like, feel like, and look like. Authors teach us lessons about ourselves and the world around us. No matter where you started, you have access to this wisdom just by opening a book and open...
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They're CLASSICS for a Reason
Writing is a Craft
They're CLASSICS for a Reason
Time tested wisdom from people who are smarter than me. So important to keep reading these books so we learn from history rather than repeating it.
This Pulitzer Prize winning novel taught me about systemic oppression over generations. Buck's writing is warm and fierce as she illustrates the affect of the Chinese Cultural Revolution on individuals and families.
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
George Orwell was right about everything! It's eerily revealing to read his unnerving dramatization of the world we live in today, right down to digital surveillance, AI-produced songs that make no sense, and imprissoning people for opposing the government. Your heart will break for the characters in this book, and will break again when you realize you are the characters in this book.
1984 by George Orwell
Orwell's masterpiece demonstrates how short the distance can be from uniting to eliminate a despot to overcorrecting into another oppressive system of governance.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
It's striking to recognize ourselves in this tale of desparity between the Haves and the Have-Nots. In this novel about the French Revolution, the aristocrats and the peasants are so far removed from one another that their fear and hatred toward the ...
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Book burning is a symptom of a greater system of control. Humanity can't survive in any kind of oppressive cult.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Writing is a Craft
Writing is a skill and I love learning from successful authors about my craft.
Anne Lamott is a masterful storyteller. I will gladly sit at her feet and soak it all up.
Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing & Life
I think I might be late to this party, but an author friend just introduced me to “Writing Down the Bones” by Natalie Goldberg. This book about writing was published in 1986, when I was more concerned with learning how to moonwalk than I was about le...
I’m delighted to become acquainted with Goldberg’s writer mentoring style, even 40 years after she wrote it. Thank you, Natalie, for reminding me that the lonely, solitary process of writing can reach so many hearts, even years later.
I’m delighted to become acquainted with Goldberg’s writer mentoring style, even 40 years after she wrote it. Thank you, Natalie, for reminding me that the lonely, solitary process of writing can reach so many hearts, even years later.
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
Bangor, Maine, is my hometown, so Stephen King must get a mention in my list of writers I've studied. In On Writing, King uses many autobiographical stories to illustrate his writing theory and practice. Really enjoyed reading this for the life story...
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Cameron's book helped me start my journey as a writer and gave me the permission I needed just to put pen to paper each morning.
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron