Colleen M. Story has been writing professionally for over 20 years. She has published both fiction and nonfiction, with her nonfiction focusing on helping other writers. Her previous book, Writer Get Noticed!, was a gold-medal winner in the 2019 Readers Favorite Book Awards for writing and publishing, and a 1st-place winner in the Reader Views …
With this book, Anne Lamott shows us the glory of writing. She has written about 20 books, give or take. So, she has the experience to back up the advice she gives. What Was Lamott Inspired By? She uses her own writing life and her relationship with her friends and family for most of the …
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I recently read Beth Kephart’s book Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir and wanted to share my thoughts on it. So, here is my review. Who is Beth Kephart? Beth Kephart starts off telling us that she started as an unschooled writer and outsider in the book world. Don’t let her fool you. …
I have been called Scrappy myself, so I had to read Scrappy Rough Draft by Donna Barker. Enjoy the review. Who is Donna Barker? Donna Barker is an author, author coach, and one of the minds behind the Creative Academy. Her book Scrappy Rough Draft offers 22 brief chapters to inspire, motivate, and educated authors …
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Jonathan Gotchall’s Storytelling Animal is a must-read for authors whether you are new to storytelling or well-practiced at the art. Gottschall is an American literary scholar in literature and evolution – which I think is an amazing marriage of ideas right there. The Storytelling Animal is a well-researched book with many examples, anecdotes, and of …
