RedBird-RedOak Writing

How many books does it take to write a book? Sometimes quite a few!

“Write ’til You’re Blue in the Face” participants got to talking about the books we’ve found useful and inspiring on our writing journey. Here’s a list in no particular order:

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Old Friend from Far Away by Natalie Goldberg

If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland

Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande

I Ching for Writers by Sarah Jane Sloane

The Story Behind the Story by Turchi & Barrett

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

A Writer’s Book of Days by Judy Reeves (a huge fave!)

Escaping into the Open by Elizabeth Berg

How ’bout you? Which books on your shelf are dog-eared?

When coffee drinkers stopped at FIXX coffee house on Nov. 5th, they were treated to more than their caffeine fix: members of the RedBird-RedOak Writing Roundtable groups were sharing some of their works in progress. Poetry, essay, fiction, memoir — not only were the pieces very well-crafted and polished, but the deliveries blew me away! More than one person commented that it would be fun to do this on a more frequent basis… okay, if you twist my arm!