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On Beginning
“To live a truly creative life, we always need to cast a critical look at where we presently are, attempting always to discern where we have become stagnant and where new beginning might be ripening.” –John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us * Recommended inspirations for beginning: The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury Why We Write edited by Meredith Maran The Art of Fiction by John Gardner Wreck this Journal by Keri Smith The Getaway Car by Ann Patchett On Writing by Stephen King Why I Write by George Orwell 12 Rules of Creativity by Michael Atavar This Time I Dance! by Tama Kieves Bird by Bird...
Read MoreLove in the DMZ
Love in the DMZ by Julia Cameron In LOVE IN THE DMZ: and Other Novellas, renowned author, playwright and poet Julia Cameron explores three passionate love affairs in three masterful epistolary novellas, each ripe with longing, exile, and the love that endures time, distance, and the dark forces of a modern world. “Love in the DMZ: A Play in Letters” A stirring exchange of letters between an American soldier stationed in Vietnam and his wife, who eagerly awaits his homecoming, Love in the DMZ is about the battles fought on multiple fronts: of a nonsensical and savage war, a lonely wife’s efforts to raise her sons, and a couple’s struggle to remain...
Read MoreJudy Collins’ NYC booksigning
Judy Collins’ NYC book signing October 19th: Judy will sign copies of her book SWEET JUDY BLUE EYES: My Life in Music on Wednesday, October 19th at 7pm at Barnes & Noble/Union Square (33 West 17th Street). Judy will give a talk and weave some a cappella singing throughout. Starred Publishers Weekly review: Collins’s improbable and utterly charming tale of assuming iconic status as a popular music star from the early 1960s’ onward also proves a tremendously valuable chronicle of the early folk music scene. Collins was there, rather accidentally: she was a classical pianist who had largely grown up in Denver, Colo., to a blind, hard-drinking father who...
Read MoreGrow the Tree You Got
Grow the Tree You Got by Tom Sturges When Tom Sturges became a father, he decided that he wanted to be one of the greatest father that ever walked the earth. But things became a bit more complicated when his older son turned ten, and the chatty kid he’d known suddenly started locking his bedroom door. Tom realized he needed to find a way to stay on track-he needed crib notes… Click here to buy this book on...
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