Writing Resources
I have benefited from the wisdom and guidance of so many others who believed in me and my work. I could have easily walked away from the frustrations that the writing life often brings were it not for a writing community. Here are just a few of the dozens who have impacted my craft.
Emily Golden: Golden May | Book Coaching & Editing (goldenmayediting.com)
Joan Dempsey: Joan Dempsey — joandempsey.com
Leslie Pietrzyk: Work-in-Progress (workinprogressinprogress.com)
Michelle Brafman: Michelle Brafman – Author of Washing the Dead, Bertrand Court
Conferences
VCFA Novel Writing Conference: Novel Retreat – Vermont College of Fine Arts (vcfa.edu)
Yale Writers Workshop: Summer Writing Workshop | Yale Summer Session
Books on Writing
Art of Fiction by John Gardner
Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style by Virginia Tufte
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass
Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor
On Writing by Stephen King
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
Story Genius by Lisa Cron
Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction by Benjamin Percy
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Greenberg
What I Am Reading
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
The Soul of America by Jon Meacham
Love Your Enemies by Arthur Brooks
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeomo Oluo
Everything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD