A Cup of Comfort for Writers: Inspirational Stories That Celebrate the Literary Life (A Cup of Comfort)

This new addition to the "Cup of Comfort" series will have writers reading. In this collection of stories, writers of all types share their literary experiences with readers, letting them in on practical exercises, means of inspiration, and what it's like to simply write.These contributors' stories are meant to inspire. By relating the ups and downs and ins and outs of their writing attempts, writers are helping other writers find the joy in writing. For the novice as well as the veteran, "A Cup of Comfort for Writers" celebrates all those who love this literary art. Cover......Page 1 Book Title......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction ......Page 9 Hummingbird’s Journey ......Page 11 Groupie ......Page 21 Wasting Time ......Page 30 Why Write? ......Page 37 To Begin ......Page 42 The Zen of Rejection ......Page 46 Thomas Wolfe Wasn’t Kidding......Page 50 The Day I Turned Scarlett ......Page 59 About My Promise to My Mother ......Page 67 Memoirs of a Shiksa ......Page 72 We Are Mortified by You ......Page 79 A New Point of View ......Page 86 Of Rewrites and Restitution ......Page 93 Me, an Artist......Page 98 Falling in Love Again ......Page 103 The Writer Who Couldn’t Read ......Page 107 Potty Talk ......Page 113 Something to Say ......Page 119 The Drowning Girl ......Page 125 Jump ......Page 134 Of Trifles and Truffles ......Page 139 The Queen of Procrastination ......Page 145 Learning to Listen ......Page 150 Reading by Flashlight, Writing by Heart ......Page 155 231⁄2 Love Letters ......Page 160 Raw Material ......Page 169 Lament of the Aspiring Writer ......Page 173 On Unconditional Love and Rejection Slips ......Page 180 The Voice in My Head ......Page 185 Writing without Pizza ......Page 189 The Inklets ......Page 193 Flow ......Page 198 The Big Hiatus ......Page 204 Out of the Fog ......Page 209 The Echolalia of Literature ......Page 216 Addiction ......Page 223 Heritage of Words ......Page 229 Nonfiction Nightmares ......Page 236 The Baptism ......Page 246 I Remember Anna ......Page 252 Talking on Paper ......Page 256 Bountiful Hunger ......Page 261 Confessing in 5,000 Steps ......Page 265 Time Enough ......Page 270 The Write Mother ......Page 279 The Only Cure for the No-News Blues ......Page 284 Charity Begins at My Keyboard ......Page 290 The Greatest Gig on Earth ......Page 295 Out of Dry Ground ......Page 300 The Deal ......Page 305 What Makes Me Whole ......Page 314 The Truth about Lies ......Page 320 Tell Your Story in the Next Cup of Comfort!® ......Page 325 Contributors ......Page 327 About the Editor ......Page 337 When life throws us curve balls, prayer is often our greatest consolation. In A Cup of Comfort® Book of Prayer, ordinary people just like you share the prayers that have brought them closest to God. As every writer knows, keeping the faith isn't always easy. On those days when you find yourself literally at a loss for words, you may long for a little writer's TLC. In A Cup of Comfort for Writers, you'll meet more than fifty writers who, just like you, have faced down that empty page-and won!-from a woman who enters an elite writing program at the age of forty, and proceeds to blow "the pros" away, to a man who wins his wife's hand by writing her countless love letters.Whether you're already published or as yet undiscovered, A Cup of Comfort for Writers will inspire you, motivate you, and fuel the fire that keeps you writing. As every writer knows, keeping the faith isn't always easy. On those days when you find yourself literally at a loss for words, you may long for a little writer's TLC. In A Cup of Comfort for Writers , you'll meet more than fifty writers who, just like you, have faced down that empty page and won! From a woman who enters an elite writing program at the age of forty, and proceeds to blow "the pros" away, to a man who wins his wife's hand by writing her countless love letters. Whether you're already published or as yet undiscovered, A Cup of Comfort for Writers will inspire you, motivate you, and fuel the fire that keeps you writing. A collection of stories in which writers of various types share their literary experiences with readers, letting them in on practical exercises, means of inspiration, and what it's like to simply write.