A Year of Writing Dangerously - by Barbara Abercrombie (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this collection of anecdotes, lessons, quotes, and prompts, author and writing teacher Barbara Abercrombie provides a delightfully varied cornucopia of inspiration -- nuts-and-bolts solutions, hand-holding commiseration, and epiphany-fueling insights from fellow writers, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners and Abercrombie's students who have gone from paralyzed to published.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This work features a compendium of daily lessons, anecdotes, quotations, and prompts to remind writers why they write. The book addresses the real fears and challenges of working writers.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"If you are a writer -- and go on, be brave, say, 'I am a writer' -- then this is the book you will turn to every morning, noon, or night when you sit down to write."<BR>-- Jacqueline Winspear, author of the Maisie Dobbs mystery series<BR><BR>"When you open Barbara Abercrombie's brilliant "A Year of Writing Dangerously", you are in a house full of writers, each of whom wants to march you over to a corner to tell you something important about the writing life....Prepare yourself for a wonderful party!"<BR>-- Phyllis Theroux, author of "The Journal Keeper: A Memoir"<BR><BR>"Funny and full of comfort (and the company of writing rock stars), this book is as essential to any writer as a verb."<BR> -- Caroline Leavitt, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Pictures of You"<BR><BR>"There is something necessary in these pages for everyone, from the beginning writer to the widely published author."<BR>-- Naomi Benaron, author of "Running the Rift", winner of the Bellwether Prize for Fiction<BR><BR>"Candid and inspiring. Full of the kind of wit and wisdom her students have come to expect."<BR>-- Dennis Palumbo, author of the Daniel Rinaldi mystery series<BR><BR>"A tremendously useful book for anyone who wants to write."<BR>-- Janet Sternburg, author of "Phantom Limb"<BR><BR>"I loved this book. Every entry is a new adventure, followed by a quotation that illuminates and stimulates the mind."<BR> -- Abigail Thomas, author of "A Three Dog Life"<BR><BR>"Filled with wisdom about the writing process and sound counsel for those who engage in it."<BR> -- Ralph Keyes, author of "The Courage to Write"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>A widely published author and editor, Barbara Abercrombie teaches at the UCLA Extension Writer's Program. She lives in Santa Monica, California.<BR>
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