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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
 

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

by Natalie Goldberg

For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice—"it is backed by two thousand years of studying the mind." This edition includes a new preface and... (read more)

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Sera1231's Permanent Collection 55 books / 1 members / 0 posts These are the books I have read but plan to keep.
Writing Readers 524 books / 2989 members / 3324 posts If you're an aspiring or successful writer, this is the group for you. Suggest your favorite books on the craft, discuss past and present challenges, and share some nurture with a growing community of other online-savvy, "writing readers". Welcome!

Note: If you want to promote a book or writing website on which you publish, please use the "Shameless Self-Promotion" discussion thread. In order to keep this from becoming a chaotic open bazaar of single-shot marketing, we are deleting book notices, reviews, etc. from other threads and directing all authors to the "Shameless Self-Promotion" thread. Thank you for understanding.
AP English Teachers 142 books / 216 members / 224 posts A place for AP English teachers to share all the great lit we read/teach on our serious days, and all the "trash" we read the rest of the year:-)

To join, please use the form to the right to send the admin a member request. Please include which AP English course you teach (or if you teach courses that "feed" into AP English). If approved, you will receive an invitation to the group.
Creativity 102 books / 180 members / 148 posts This group is dedicated to discussing books about creativity (and related subjects), and to discussion of our own creative endeavors.

You are welcome to join even if you don't have any creative endeavors underway - interest in creativity is a sufficient credential for membership :)
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Print-On-Demand Publishing 23 books / 26 members / 9 posts Hello Everyone:

As a former employee of a Print-On-Demand publisher (iUniverse), I started this group to provide a forum for those considering POD as a publishing option. Generally speaking, I consider POD to be an effective option for first-time authors with a variety of different goals. Certainly, there are those that disagree for a number of reasons.

It is important to go into the process with your eyes wide open. Once your book is published, there is still a ton of work to do from a marketing standpoint. As is the case with most forms of publishing, the marketing of the book falls largely to the author. Simply publishing the book and getting it on Amazon and other sites will not guarantee a single sale.

I'd love to hear about author success stories on this forum. How did you market your book? What worked for you and what didn't? While non-fiction books are the bread and butter of POD publishers (and most traditional publishers as well), marketing fiction is where the real challenge lies.

Some of my favorite POD books include The Death of Milly Mahoney by Susanne Severeid, Rated F by Todd Noker and Tut by Robin Martin Berard. I think they all have the potential to be picked up by traditional publishers. Some authors have already made the jump. Those include Jennifer Colt, Brian Wiprud and Laurie Notaro.
NaNoWriMo 7 books / 7 members / 5 posts Books for use as writing prompts and reference for those participating in NaNoWriMo.

National Novel Writing Month
November 1st - 30th
http://www.nanowrimo.org

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NaNoWriMo of Shelfari 82 books / 202 members / 663 posts NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. To be specific, it starts November 1st and ends at Midnight on the 30th. Writing a 50,000 or roughly 179 page novel in November.

The push is on. From now until November we will have to tighten up the gaps in our outlines. One month--50,000 words. Insane! Yes we are, and thanks for noticing! Keep the fire alive. The countdown to November is 5 months and counting...
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