Other books I'm using

Telling True Stories. Eds. Mark Kramer and Wendy Call. New York: Plume, 2007.

Robert Ray. The Weekend Novelist.

Bob Mayer. The Novel Writer’s Toolkit.
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Twyla Tharp to speak in December

Thursday • December 10 • 7:30pm
Twyla Tharp
The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together (SIMON & SCHUSTER)
Reading & Book Signing
UW Kane Hall, Room 120, Seattle Campus

I just starting reading THE CREATIVE HABIT: LEARN IT AND USE IT FOR LIFE (http://www.twylatharp.org/store.shtml#) which is WONDERFUL.

826 Seattle hosts Adderall Diaries' author, Stephen Elliott Dec. 2 (7-9 pm)

Stephen Elliott Memoir Writing Workshop Dec 2, 7-9 p.m.

826 Seattle is pleased to announce that longtime McSweeney’s author Stephen Elliott will be here at 826 on Wednesday December 2 from 7-9 p.m. to talk about the generation of memoir, using the author’s recent book, The Adderall Diaries, as a jumping off point for discussing the process of figuring out your story and editing it into something someone would want to read.

• You’ll get ideas on writing memoir
  
• Understand some of the problems the memoir writer may encounter
  
• How to deal with family members and friends who may not want to be written about
  
• Writing tips for accessing memories and experiences

The Adderall Diaries is Stephen Elliott’s first memoir but his seventh book, all of them written from personal experience. Even better: admission is the price of the book, and includes a copy! That’s $25 for your own copy of The Adderall Diaries and a chance to learn from Mr. Elliott himself at this one-of-a-kind workshop. Purchase your ticket today at Brown Paper Tickets.

Barbara Kingsolver, Nov 20 (1:00-2:30 pm) at 3rd Place Books

I'm a HUGE fan of Barbara Kingsolver, so you can imagine my excitement when I learned she'll be here in Seattle this month.

She's promoting her new book, Lacuna, which is described as "a page-turner spanning three decades in Washington DC, Mexico, and Russia. An unassuming narrator illuminates the
struggle over communism and global power as he falls into the lives of Frida Kahlo, Lev Trotsky, Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon, and more"