I like reading books about the craft of writing. I like feeling like I'm not alone, listening to someone else that gets it. And my goodness does Anne Lamott get it. Reading BIRD BY BIRD was like tapping into my chaotic brain and hearing all the neurotic thoughts that run around in there read back to...
I have heard so much hype concerning this book recently that I had assuming it was a recent publication. I mentioned it to my mother during my pre-Father's Day visit and was surprised when she pulled out a 1994 copy from behind a dusty stack of books (we layer books in my family). My mother's book c...
I thought this book succeeded best when Lamott was most serious. The stories she tells which slap the reader across the face, or tears their heart out and makes them weep--those are the ones which most motivated me. Too often, however, she resorts to humor and it falls flat. Or it did for me, any...
Not new-agey, hippie-esque or nearly as self-help guide-like as I feared it would be when I started listening to the audiobook version as read by its author. Anne Lamott's monotone voice set off the "OH NO! SHE'S TRYING TO HYPNOTIZE ME!" alarms in my head, while her occasional allusions to faith had...
I love Lamott's humor in general and I enjoyed this book about how difficult it can be to write and how to overcome that. She's taught writing and many of her tips come from things that worked for her students.
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. - Ernest HemingwayOne writer I know tells me that he sits down every morning and says to himself nicely,
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