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Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process | Joe Fassler
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Louise
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I really enjoyed a few weeks of starting my day with a couple of chapters of this book. There are plenty of nuggets of advice and inspiration for writers, and I also discovered some new-to-me writers whose work I‘d like to read. My copy is now filled with underlined, bracketed, and starred passages that I will return to now and then. Glad to have this on my bookshelf! #writersoflitsy

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jen_the_scribe

An inspirational anthology of essays on the craft from writers of all genres and backgrounds. Any writer can find positive things to take from this book.

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alysonimagines
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After a season of overwhelm, I‘ve gotten a little too comfortable with inertia and am really struggling to find motivation to write. So I‘m going to take this book like medicine: hopefully an essay a day will chase the writing slump away! 🤞📖💊

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Ephemera
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It‘s always interesting to read what authors think about process, creativity, and inspiration. This is a book of short essays by well-known writers on those subjects. I think anyone who reads would enjoy this book. And anyone who reads and also writes will find it instructive and enlightening.

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AdeleReads
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Starting out 2018 with this new source of wise writing advice. ✏️📓(And don't worry I moved the pretty candle away from the book—I may be a nerd for photo props but I do know my fire hazards)

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BookishMarginalia
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This sounds great! Too bad I have all my hold spots taken! (Patience is not a virtue I possess 🤷🏻‍♀️)

amvs1111 I'm with you! My hold list is perpetually full. 6y
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mrozzz
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My Christmas Day #BookHaul in totality! 👌🏻

(Not pictured are additional B&N gift cards- my family knows me I think...♥️) Feeling incredibly lucky and excited to add this chunk to TBR Mountain! 🏔📚📚☺️

#ReadingThroughTheHolidays2017

TrishB Lovely 💕 6y
MrBook Wow! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Merry Christmas! 6y
AmyG Oooo wonderful! 6y
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Cinfhen Awesome....the top corner caught my eye 6y
mhillis Wow! Merry Christmas❤️💚 6y
Lidia I really loved (edited) 6y
BookishMarginalia Amazing! Enjoy! 6y
emilyhaldi Nice!! I really liked 6y
valeriegeary Nice! 🎄🎁📚 6y
mrozzz @TrishB @AmyG @valeriegeary @MrBook @BookishMarginalia I‘m so excited for these!! ☺️💕 6y
mrozzz @Cinfhen Yes! I‘ve had my eye on that one for awhile ever since I saw a list of Israeli authors to check out! It‘s a book of stories. 6y
mrozzz @Lidia So good to know! I know very little about it, spent a couple mins at the bookstore reading the synopsis and knew it was for me 👌🏻 6y
mrozzz @mhillis Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 😄 6y
mrozzz @emilyhaldi Really! Awesome. Wasn‘t sure what to make of it but wanted to give it a try 👍🏻 6y
RebelReader OMG! The Twelve Mile Straight! So raw, but so good! 6y
mrozzz @RebelReader ooohhh I like the praise! I‘m excited for it 😃 6y
batsy That's a great edition of the Edna O'Brien! I've had it on the TBR forever 😊 6y
mrozzz @batsy definitely! 3 novels in 1! 😄 6y
LeahBergen Wonderful! 👏🏻👏🏻 6y
vivastory I just picked up the same O'Brien. I'm really looking forward to it. Little Red Chairs was one of my favorites of last year. 6y
mrozzz @vivastory sounds like another book to add to my TBR! I haven‘t read O‘Brien before but now I‘m even more excited for this trilogy 👌🏻 6y
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julesG
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#Rocktober @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

For me, the song #DarkNecessities is about our dark sides that bring forth light and creativity. This book fits this bill.

Cinfhen 💯✅ 7y
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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 3! Wow, does this book look awesome!!! Just released. A guide to finding creative inspiration from Stephen King, Amy Tan, Junot Díaz, Elizabeth Gilbert, Neil Gaiman, Roxanne Gay, Khaled Hosseini, and 39 other authors. Each writer begins with a favorite novel passage, song, poem--something that gets them started. Then lessons learned through real-world experience are related and explored. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?

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