Walking On Alligators

In this -nifty handbook of useful and enduring advice that writers should keep right by the keyboard (San Francisco Chronicle), Shaughnessy combines fresh and witty quotes from experienced writers (including Anne Rice, Art Spiegelman, Diane Ackerman, Scott Turow, Toni Morrison, Vaclav Havel and Camille Paglia) and her own carefully considered ideas about the craft of writing. She provides a daily motivator full of insights on how to work against resistance, live with the loneliness, develop discipline, and take deeper risks.