Edited to add: Congratulations Janel Gradowski for winning this drawing! For those of you who didn’t win, watch for more drawings this month! The Read Along of The War of Art by Steven Pressfield started with this announcement on January … Continue reading →
(Edited to add: here is Part 2 of our discussion). Welcome to the Read Along of The War of Art by Steven Pressfield! Today we’re discussing the introductory material and Book One. This is a slim book and we have … Continue reading →
Happy New Year! Are you setting New Year’s Resolutions or goals? Check out the New Year’s Resolution Reading Challenge and choose a book or two to help you meet your goals. We’re doing a Read Along in conjunction with the … Continue reading →
Book: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield Genre: Creativity advice Publisher: Black Irish Entertainment Publication date: 2002 Pages: 165 Source: Library Summary: A book about creativity, defining creative people very … Continue reading →
To celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas from now through Epiphany and to advocate for the idea of reading books to support New Year projects, resolutions, and goals, I’m writing a series of posts with themed book lists for various … Continue reading →
It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote a Monday post. During that time, I completed my Live Like Julia project to celebrate the book Julia Child Rules by Karen Karbo. Last week, I wrote a list of those posts in … Continue reading →
Book: Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Snyder Genre: Writing Book Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Publication date: 2005 Pages: 195 Source: Purchased at Borders, according to the price sticker Summary: Save the Cat! by Blake … Continue reading →
I’ve decided I’d like to use The Sunday Salon as a way to post little bookish things that aren’t book reviews. I enjoy these posts so much on other people’s blogs. Unfortunately, this urge didn’t come with an idea of … Continue reading →
Book: 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt Genre: Writing book Publisher: Writer’s Digest Books Publication date: 2001 Pages: 298 Source: Purchased Summary: After explaining the notion of archetypes and why they are useful to writers, … Continue reading →
I mentioned on Wednesday (Book Review: The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler) that I own more writing books than any other genre but, in the past, have been lax about reading them cover to cover so I’ve only reviewed a … Continue reading →