The author of the best-selling A Book of Angels offers an inspirational reflection on the frustrations and rewards of writing as a career, peppered with quotations and anecdotes about the writing habits of famous writers. Reprint.

A striking anthology of writings by some of the world's most provocative authors includes a selection of letters, essays, photographs, memorabilia, and other features from Jonathan Franzen, Joyce Carol Oates, Rick Moody, Will Self, Jeffrey Eugenides, and other seminal writers.

Contemporary readers are exposed to long lost reflections and opinions on writing through this collection of the most fascinating of the essays, interviews, profiles, and articles featured in Writer's Digest Magazine over the course of more than eight decades. 15,000 first printing.

Product Description: In this funny, moving, and revealing ride, Susan Shapiro recounts her obsessive quest for success as a professional writer and the beloved mentors who saved her life — and career — along the way.Growing up in the Midwest, Susan Shapiro knew at a young age that all she wanted in life was to become a writer...read more

Product Description: You know you're a writer when. . . You'll never forgive your parents for your happy childhood.. . . The doctor tells you that you have terminal cancer and you think, "I can use this.". . . You accidentally sign a check with your pen name...read more

As every writer knows, keeping the faith isn't always easy. On those days when you find yourself literally at a loss for words, you may long for a little writer's TLC. In A Cup of Comfort for Writers, you'll meet more than fifty writers who, just like you, have faced down that empty page and won! From a woman who enters an elite writing program at the age of forty, and proceeds to blow "the pros" away, to a man who wins his wife's hand by writing her countless love letters. Whether you're already published or as yet undiscovered, A Cup of Comfort for Writers will inspire you, motivate you, and fuel the fire that keeps you writing.

Product Description: A witty round-up of writers' habits that includes all the big names, such as Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, HemingwayAt public events readers always ask writers how they write. The process fascinates them. Now they have a very witty book that ranges around the world and throughout history to answer their questions...read more

Product Description: A witty round-up of writers' habits that includes all the big names, such as Dickens, Flaubert, Tolstoy, HemingwayAt public events readers always ask writers how they write. The process fascinates them. Now they have a very witty book that ranges around the world and throughout history to answer their questions...read more

Product Description: If you are looking for guidance on how to craft a sentence or find a literary agent this book is not for you. Rather, here is a map for traveling the emotion-laden path that is the creative process. In For Writer's Only, bestselling author and playwright, Sophy Burnham weaves the insights of some of the greatest writers with her own observations and experiences to provide inspiration and encouragement for writers everywhere...read more

Inspiring stories by such professional writers as journalists, novelists, and screenwriters give listeners insight into the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the writing life, sharing lessons on the importance of perseverance, the value of being themselves, the process of discovering their own voice, and the need for mentors and allies. Simultaneous. 1,000,000 first printing. (view table of contents)