Powell’s-a-palooza
Feb 17th, 2007 by Jen
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Who I Am
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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[...] My wife Jen and I were at Powell’s in Portland today and the first thing I saw when I walked in the door was this book ‘Made to Stick’ with a piece of duct tape on the cover. [...]
Have to say, looking at your stack of books…that “this beautiful mess” and “raising your spirited child” are both very good resources! I highly recommend them!
love reading your blog,
a stranger in indiana
Have you read Traveling Mercies yet? It’s the book I go back to again and again and STILL cry. So good. I got to hear her speak at Powell’s a couple of years ago….
Melissa -
Thanks for coming out of lurking! And thanks for the head’s up on the spirited child book - I’d never heard of it, but the chapters were spot on for me so I decided to take a chance on it. The other book is by a pastor I know in Portland, and I often dream of moving so I can attend his church. I look forward to reading it.
Annagrace -
I have read Traveling Mercies several times - it’s actually the book that really influenced me to stop dreaming about becoming a writer, and start writing, so I started this blog. I gave away my only copy last fall so I needed to replace it.
wow.