a creative moment

A moment of creativity, show and tell, and writing with multimedia.

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Books about Inspiration and Courage

De Salva, Louise, Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives, New York, Harper Collins, 1999.

Keyes, Ralph. The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear. (1995). 2nd edition. New York: H. Holt, 2003.

Maisel, Eric. Fearless Creating: A Step-By-Step Guide to Starting and Completing Your Work Of Art. New York: Putnam, 1995

Burroway, Janet. Imaginative Writing: The Elements of Craft. New York: Longman, 2003.

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters to a Young Poet. (1934). Translation and commentary by Reginald Snell. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2002

Aronie, Nancy Slonim. Writing from The Heart: Tapping The Power of Your Inner Voice. New York: Hyperion, 1998.

Audette, Anna Held. The Blank Canvas: Inviting the Muse. Boston: Shambhala, 1993.

Ayres, Elizabeth. Writing The Wave: Inspired Rides For Aspiring Writers. New York: Berkley Pub.Book, 2000.

Badonsky, Jill Baldwin. The Nine Modern-Day Muses (And a Bodyguard): 10 Guides To Creative Inspiration for Artists, Writers, Lovers, and Other Mortals Wanting to Live a Dazzling Existence. New York: Gotham Books, 2003.

Ballenger, Bruce P., and Barry Lane. Discovering The Writer Within: 40 Days to More Imaginative Writing. Cincinnati, OH: Writer’s Digest Books, 1989.

Cameron, Julie. The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into The Writing Life. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1998.

Cameron, Julia, and Michael Toms. The Well of Creativity. (1997). Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2001.

Epel, Naomi. Writers Dreaming. New York: Carol Southern Books, 1993.

Goldberg, Natalie. Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life. New York: Bantam Books, 1990. 238

Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within. Boston: Shambhala; New York: Random House, 1986.

LaMott, Anne, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anchor, 1995

Maisel, Eric. The Creativity Book: A Year’s Worth Of Inspiration and Guidance. New York: J.P.Tarcher/Putnam, 2000.

Maisel, Eric. A Life In The Arts: Practical Guidance and Inspiration for Creative and Performing Artists. New York: Putnam, 1994.

Miller, Henry, selected by Thomas Moore, Henry Miller on Writing, New York, New Directions, 1964

Olen Butler, Robert From Where you Dream

Progoff, Ira. At A Journal Workshop: The Basic Text and Guide for Using The Intensive Journal Process. New York: Dialogue House Library, 1975

Progoff, Ira. At A Journal Workshop: Writing to Access The Power of the Unconscious And Evokecreative Ability. (1975). Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, 1992.

Sellers, Heather. Page After Page: How to Start Writing and Keep Writing No Matter What! Cinninncati: F & W Publications.

Tharp, Twyla. The Creative Habit.  Simon and Schuster, 2003.

Ueland, Brenda. If You Want to Write. (1938). 2nd edition. St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1987.