My cousin owns a used book store. One of her customers brought in a bagful of books which included the book Bird by Bird Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott. She gave me the book because she knew I was a writer and would enjoy reading it.
Well, I stuck the beautiful book on my shelf along with my other stack of books on how to become a better writer where it's remained for a few months. I took it out once and read the first few pages of the introduction, I got distracted, put the book in my nightstand and forgot about it.
But, I kept getting called back to this book. I read an article in a magazine that had been written by Anne Lamott. I have her book I thought to myself, I should read it. Bird by Bird came up on a recommended list of books all writers should read, again -I have her book, and I should read it.
I can't tell you how many times this happened before I actually opened my nightstand and found the book. A little voice kept encouraging me to read this book but I ignored it. Well, I started reading it. I read the introduction, the first chapter and didn't want to put it down. She has me pegged!
Last week I struggled with my writing, my
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