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Breaking Ground on Your Memoir: Craft, Inspiration, and Motivation for Memoir Writers

In Breaking Ground on Your Memoir, Linda Joy Myers (President of the National Association of Memoir Writers) and Brooke Warner (Publisher of She Writes Press) present from the ground up―from basic to advanced―the craft and skills memoirists can draw upon to write a powerful and moving story, as well as inspiration to write, finish, and polish their own story.

Full of rich insights and practical advice and strategies, Breaking Ground on Your Memoir offers all the tools writers need to write a powerful, publishable memoir.

In this book you will discover:

• how to get focused on what your memoir is about―your themes.

• how to build the structure of your story.

• techniques to make your memoir come alive.

• the secrets of craft: how to write a great scene, colorful and memorable descriptions, narration, and flashback.

• how to connect with your reader using through-threads and takeaway so they’ll keep turning the pages, and learn something about their own lives by reading your book.

Visit the authors online at WriteYourMemoirInSixMonths.com.

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Every Day a Word Surprises Me & Other Quotes by Writers

Advice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world’s greatest writers – exclusively researched for this new book

Featuring the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by writers through the ages and across the globe, Every Day a Word Surprises Me is the ideal keepsake for readers, writers, and everyone who appreciates the exquisite power of words. This carefully curated book, packed with original research, is a go-to resource for thoughts on a variety of subjects, including originality, punctuation, reading, daily routines, rejection, money troubles, the creative process, love, truth, and more. ‘Every day a word surprises me’ is a quotation from British neurologist and author Oliver Sacks. This collection is full of its own surprises and hard-earned advice – communicated with the eloquence and clarity that only the world’s finest writers could summon.

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Daily Writing Resilience: 365 Meditations & Inspirations for Writers

Chances are, whether you’re a seasoned author or an aspiring scribe, you’ve grappled with your share of rejection, setbacks, and heartbreak. However, literary agents say the number one key to writing success is perseverance in the face of disappointment.

Daily Writing Resilience provides advice, inspiration, and techniques to help you turn roadblocks into steppingstones. You’ll find tips and support through exercises such as meditation, breath work, yoga, stress management, gratitude, de-cluttering, sleep, exercise, mindful eating, and more. These 365 meditations will help you navigate the ups-and-downs of your writing practice, creating positive habits that will guide you toward the success and fulfillment that you’ve been seeking.

Praise:

“Every person with that little voice in their head―the one that tells them to write everyday―must own this book. Every page is full of hope and reality, just what we all need to keep us going.”―Steve Berry, New York Times and # 1 Internationally bestselling author of The Patriot Threat

“For every type of writer―new, old, fresh, tired, impassioned, cynical, hopeful . . . this gem is flat out inspiring”―M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Language of Stones

“Bryan Robinson’s Daily Writing Resilience is not only wise but also marvelously practical. The daily mantras he offers, taken from the experiences of those who’ve kept to the path, will provide much needed encouragement along the way. Take this book to heart, and then take it with you wherever you go.”―William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of the multi-award winning Ordinary Grace and the Cork O’Connor series.

“I urge both fledgling and experienced writers to get their hands on Daily Writing Resilience and keep it nearby for handy reference. Bryan Robinson knows his way around the head and heart of the working writer, and this book is a wonderful companion and a balm to the writer’s soul.”―John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author

“You don’t have to be a writer to treasure Daily Writing Resilience, a unique and uplifting meditation book. It’s chock full of insights so profound you’ll be tempted to gobble it up in one bite instead of savoring each daily portion as intended, slowly and appreciatively. For writers, it’s a must-have!”―Cassandra King, author of The Sunday Wife and Moonrise

“This must-have collection of inspirational nuggets will nudge you free of writer’s block, garden variety or worse. Even if you’re not blocked, a morning commune with some of writing’s great minds will put you in the right creative space.”―Sara Gruen, bestselling author of At the Water’s Edge and Water for Elephants

“I loved this book. Every page offered reasons to hope or reflect, to try harder or feel connected to writing’s grand traditions. Seasoned pro or beginner―it doesn’t matter. This book should be on every writer’s desk.”―John Hart, New York Times bestselling author and back-to-back Edgar Award winner

“If you expect to speed-read these pages as the reading addict you are, reaching the end won’t be your reward. This book is the Fountain of “Youcandoit” that will sustain you as a writer day after day (recyclable for new insight year after year)―for as long as you reward yourself each day with one premeasured cupful of wisdom.”―Chris Roerden, author of Agatha Award-winner Don’t Murder Your Mystery

“Bryan Robinson’s daily compendium is like a gift you can open again and again. Full of wisdom, insight, and advice from acclaimed authors on the front-lines of publishing, this book will allow writers to soldier on in the face of the inevitable setbacks, delays, and frustrations of this writing life.”―Jenny Milchman, Mary Higgins Clark and Silver Falchion award winning author of Cover of Snow, Ruin Falls, and As Night Falls

“The author’s voice makes this book of meditations a true stand-out. Robinson offers a wellspring of wisdom shared with refreshing candor through daily doses of inspiration. A must-read for any author, whether at the start of the writing journey or well along the path of publication.”―Wendy Tyson, author of the Greenhouse Mystery Series and the Allison Campbell Mystery Series

“In this thoughtful and inspirational treasure, Bryan Robinson connects writers of all levels and provides exactly what every author needs: intellectual fuel and emotional sustenance. Don’t start your writing day without it!”―Hank Phillippi Ryan, Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author

“At last! A real tool for real writers, a reference book that should be on every writer’s desk next to their Thesaurus and Strunk & White Elements of Style. A practical guide that can be used as a daily devotional or motivational tool to hold your hand, to guide you, to encourage you, and to pull you back from the ledge. I can’t wait to get my finished copy to put front and center on my desk.”―Karen White, New York Times bestselling author of Flight Patterns.

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How to Write a Book: An 11-Step Process to Build Habits, Stop Procrastinating, Fuel Self-Motivation, Quiet Your Inner Critic, Bust Through Writer’s Block, & Let Your Creative Juices Flow (Short Read)

Have you thought about writing a book? Do you just not know where to begin? Do you get writer’s block just thinking about writing a book? Best-selling non-fiction author David Kadavy shares his simple process for writing a book. Build confidence, ditch your inner critic, and finally write your book with simple habits you can start today. You can read this short read (~7,000 words) in under an hour, so it won’t get in the way of the one thing standing between you and your book: Action! Download today and make the book you’ve dreamed of a reality.

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The Writer’s Atelier Little Book of Writing Affirmations

Writing can be a solitary endeavor, but you are not alone. Take these affirmations day by day and let them help you achieve your goals. Dear Writer, If there’s anything I’ve learned from being an editor, founder of a writing studio, and fellow writer, it’s that having the proper mindset is critical to a successful writing career. I’ve had the pleasure of working with writers around the world, I meet writers from all walks of life at conferences, and there are countless writers who have come through the Writer’s Atelier doors in central Florida. All of us struggle with different areas of craft, but there’s one thing that seems to be an ongoing issue for many of us. That issue, is mindset. The more I speak with the writers at the top of their game, the more I realize that they all share a common thread. They have the correct mindset. That’s not to say that they never falter. The key is that they get back to work. They know in the back of their minds they’ll get through it. They’re able to get back to work because at the end of the day, they have the proper mindset. There are many affirmation books and websites out there, but I wanted to write affirmations for writers. So here it is. Thirty affirmations that will help you get to a positive writing mindset. Write them down. Stick them on your bathroom mirror. Breathe them in. Live them. Love, Racquel Writer’s Atelier Founder

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The Writer’s Devotional: 365 Inspirational Exercises, Ideas, Tips & Motivations on Writing

Whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction, screenplays or poetry, or simply trying to keep a more compelling journal or blog, this invaluable volume will get your creative juices flowing. Beautifully designed with a cloth-bound cover and ribbon place marker, it’s filled with 365 inspiring quotations and informative tutorials to help you develop your unique voice. Each day of the week focuses on a different aspect of the writing life, from the business of writing, to the nuts and bolts of editing, to tips and tricks for getting past writer’s block.

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Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process

A stunning guide to finding creative inspiration and how it can illuminate your life, your work, and your art—from Stephen King, Junot Díaz, Elizabeth Gilbert, Amy Tan, Khaled Hosseini, Roxane Gay, Neil Gaiman, and many more acclaimed writers

What inspires you? That’s the simple, but profound question posed to forty-six renowned authors in LIGHT THE DARK. Each writer begins with a favorite passage from a novel, a song, a poem—something that gets them started and keeps them going with the creative work they love. From there, incredible lessons and stories of life-changing encounters with art emerge, like how sneaking books into his job as a night security guard helped Khaled Hosseini learn that nothing he creates will ever be truly finished. Or how a college reading assignment taught Junot Díaz that great art can be a healing conversation, and an unexpected poet led Elizabeth Gilbert to embrace an unyielding optimism, even in the face of darkness. LIGHT THE DARK collects the best of The Atlantic’s much-acclaimed “By Heart” series edited by Joe Fassler and adds brand new pieces, each one paired with a striking illustration. Here is a guide to creative living and writing in the vein of Daily Rituals, Bird by Bird, and Big Magic for anyone who wants to learn how great writers find inspiration—and how to find some of your own.

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: Elizabeth Gilbert, Junot Díaz, Marilynne Robinson, Jonathan Lethem, Michael Chabon, Aimee Bender, Mary Gaitskill, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Roxane Gay, Angela Flournoy, Jonathan Franzen, Yiyun Li, Leslie Jamison, Claire Messud,  Edwidge Danticat, David Mitchell, Khaled Hosseini, Ayana Mathis, Kathryn Harrison, Azar Nafisi,  Hanya Yanagihara, Jane Smiley, Nell Zink, Emma Donoghue, Jeff Tweedy, Eileen Myles, Maggie Shipstead, Sherman Alexie, Andre Dubus III, Billy Collins, Lev Grossman, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Charles Simic, Jim Shepard,  T.C. Boyle, Tom Perrotta, Viet Than Nguyen, William Gibson, Mark Haddon, Ethan Canin, Jessie Ball, Jim Crace, and Walter Mosley.

“As [these authors] reveal what inspires them, they, in turn, inspire the reader, all while celebrating the beauty and purpose of art.” -Booklist

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100 Years: Wisdom From Famous Writers on Every Year of Your Life

An extraordinary literary journey, 100 Years celebrates every age from birth to 100 with quotations from the world’s greatest writers.

This literary tapestry of the human experience will delight readers of all backgrounds. Moving year by year through the words of our most beloved authors, the great sequence of life reveals itself—the wonders and confinements of childhood, the emancipations and frustrations of adolescence, the empowerments and millstones of adulthood, the recognitions and resignations of old age. This trove of wisdom—featuring immortal passages from Arthur Rimbaud, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, David Foster Wallace, William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Jane Austen, and Maya Angelou, among many others—reminds us that the patterns of life transcend continents, cultures, and generations. As Thomas Mann wrote of our most shared human experience: “It will happen to me as to them.” Designed by the legendary Milton Glaser, who created the I ♥ NY logo, 100 Years brings together color, type, and text to illuminate the ebb and flow of an entire life.

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Writing Motivation: Fighting Depression, How to be Happy, Overcome Writer’s Block, and Staying Motivated (Emily Baker Writing Skills and Reference Guides)

Writer’s block? Hate your writing? Can’t finish your book? Can’t find your voice? Don’t worry, help is on the way! Download WRITING MOTIVATION by best-selling author Emily Baker. You deserve to be happy. You are a good person. You are a great writer. Some days finding motivation can be tough. Emily knows what it’s like. She’s been there. She can help you get excited about writing again. She can help you finish that book.