Friday, January 20, 2012

January Pass the Book - The Writing Life

I've seen several quotes from The Writing Life by Annie Dillard lately and the book has been mentioned on several message boards. This is a small paperback book (so it won't be expensive to ship!) that contains stories from Ms. Dillard about the life of a writer. She describes the places where she's gone to write - from a small uninsulated cabin with a wood stove to a room in a library.

The book is a quick read and an interesting perspective on the life of a writer. I'm not sure it necessarily encouraged me to write a book as I don't believe I could be holed up in one room with the blind drawn (to avoid distractions) for days and weeks and months on end!

If you're new to Pass the Book:Year Two, you can find all the details here. To be in the draw for The Writing Life, please leave me a comment telling me the last place you sat down to write. For me, I typically write these days while sitting at the computer, however on our recent cruise I enjoyed sitting on our private balcony with a good old-fashioned pen writing away in my handmade journal. (I'll draw a name & post the first recipient of this book on Wednesday.)

**Rebekah is ready to pass on December's book, The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship. Click here to be in on the draw for that book.**

5 comments:

  1. I like to write in my blog notebook sitting on our bed because the sunshine cheers me on!

    This looks like a wonderful choice for Pass The Book

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  2. that sounds like a lovely book! I write on my computer too, but I also have a handwritten journal that I write in sitting on my bed...

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  3. I love to write in our 'naya' whih I believe is your equivalent of a 'sunroom'!
    Alison xx

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  4. Oh I love a chance to read this book; the first book I read last year on writing was a disappointment to me. I usually find myself writing when no one else is home - actually on the computer more than in my "journal", but I hope to do more of the latter this year.

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  5. Would love to read this book. Normally write at my desk on the computer but has just recently bought One Line a Day book, to write a couple of lines every day for five years.

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Thanks so much for your comment - it's like a ray of sunshine in my day!