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

• Year: 2007
• Leaves: 336
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

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
23½ 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