Comments on: Wednesday Writers Workshop: The Writer’s Bookshelf

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:26:22 +0000

@byjane, I wish! I’m near Austin, Texas…

By: byjane

byjane — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:19:10 +0000

@Barbara,
Writers Who Wine is a Sacramento group that meets monthly at a cocktail lounge/restaurant for the sole purpose of socializing. Are you anywhere in the area????

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:42:55 +0000

I, too, have my own collection. I’ve even read a few of them. My favorite is Stephen King’s…On Writing, I think is the title. More a book about writing than specific tips…or perhaps I just didn’t remember the tips, only his stories about his writing experiences. It’s probably my favorite Stephen King book!
I want more information about Writers Who Wine!

By: byjane

byjane — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:13:27 +0000

@Duchess,

I love Bird By Bird. Also Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down The Bones.

The how to books are good for learning a genre’s formula. I was at a writing group recently where someone presented her first attempt at writing a mystery. She soon admitted that she had never read a mystery! So she would have greatly benefited from my library.

By: Duchess

Duchess — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:05:35 +0000

I don’t think most of these sorts of books are very helpful, but Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott is excellent. But I know what you mean about wanting writers’ company. When I read Bird by Bird more than anything else I wished the author were my friend.

By: byjane

byjane — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:35:18 +0000

Laura,
I’ve become wary now of any urges to buy writing books. Except– last year I impulsively bought Julia Cameron’s latest: The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size. It was no help in either.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:42:34 +0000

I have a stack as well, books I sought inspiration from.. also books I used to delay and procrastinate with. Reading about how to write, instead of writing.

I’m an avid, maybe rabid book collector, but I like the idea of shifting to buying wine instead!