false 12543 8 Think you've got a book inside of you? Anne Lamott isn't afraid to help you let it out. She'll help you find your passion and your voice, beginning from the first really crummy draft to the peculiar letdown of publication. Readers will be reminded of the energizing books of writer Natalie Goldberg and will be seduced by Lamott's witty take on the reality of a writer's life, which has little to do with literary parties and a lot to do with jealousy, writer's block and going for broke with each paragraph. Marvelously wise and best of all, great reading. 841198 1994 Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life total:7842|5:3132|4:3040|3:1338|2:268|1:64| 7842 32434 10424 1112 5 8 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Thu Aug 14 10:07:45 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 27 12:52:13 -0700 2009
I pull it off the shelf now and then and read whatever page I land on -- and always find my way back to my own writing.]]> 4 8 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 09:43:44 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 09:56:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Aug 07 19:31:33 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 28 00:37:36 -0700 2009
I love the description of throwing rats in a jar and watching them scratch. This was a tool for the mind to silence distractors in your life that block you from writing. Also having an acre of land with a fence, and if people...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 22:52:52 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 17 08:05:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Sat Dec 15 14:17:11 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 14:18:39 -0800 2007 I eventually sold them all for swill.]]> 5 2 false false Fri Nov 30 16:13:21 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 16:13:51 -0800 2007 3 4 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:56:04 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 21:13:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 13:15:06 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 18:26:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 16:47:29 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 08 18:19:55 -0700 2009
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