The Creative Life:
Writing, Journaling, Memoir Writing, How-to, Writing Groups, Scrapbooking, Artwork

Albert, Susan Wittig. Writing from Life: Telling Your Soul's Story (reviewed by Patricia Nordyke Pando) Aronie, Nancy Slonim. Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of Your Inner Voice (reviewed by Donna Van Straten Remmert) Ayres, Elizabeth. Writing the Wave: Inspired Rides for Aspiring Writers (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Baldwin, Christina. Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest (reviewed by Maggie Knorr) Baldwin, Christina. Lifelines: How Personal Writing Can Save Your Life (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Creative Life; Life Lessons Baldwin, Christina. Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Bash, Barbara. True Nature: An Illustrated Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Nature/Place/Environment; Creative Life Boatright, Joyce Murray. Telling Your Story: A Basic Guide to Memoir Writing (reviewed by Patricia Nordyke Pando) Borenstein, Audrey. One Journal's Life (reviewed by Maggie Knorr) Brandeis, Gayle. Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (reviewed by Carolyn Blankenship) Bray, Sharon, Ed.D. A Healing Journey: Writing Together Through Breast Cancer (reviewed by Denise McAllister) Body Language; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Creative Life Cameron, Julia. Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Creative Life Cameron, Julia. The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size (reviewed by Becky Lane) Life Lessons; Creative Life; Food/Cooking/Kitchen Cameron, Julia. The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size (reviewed by Kathy Waller) Life Lessons; Creative Life; Food/Cooking/Kitchen Chapman, Joyce. Journaling for Joy; Journaling for Joy Workbook (reviewed by Maggie Knorr) Conway, Jill Ker. When Memory Speaks: Reflections on Autobiography (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Daniell, Rosemary. Secrets of the Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women's Lives (reviewed by Patricia Nordyke Pando) Memoir; Creative Life Daniell, Rosemary. The Woman Who Spilled Words All Over Herself: Writing and Living the Zona Rosa Way (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Memoir; Creative Life Delman, Lisa R. Dear Mom, I've Always Wanted You to Know (reviewed by Patricia Nordyke Pando) Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Creative Life DeSalvo, Louise. Vertigo (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Body Language; Creative Life DeSalvo, Louise. Writing as a Way of Healing (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Body Language; Creative Life Diehn, Gwen. The Decorated Page: Journals, Scrapbooks & Albums Made Simply Beautiful (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Doak, Robin. A Good Book Is the Best of Friends: A Reader's Journal (reviewed by Maggie Knorr) Dresher, Olivia and Victor Munoz. Darkness and Light: Private Writing as Art (reviewed by Paulette Rees-Denis) Farmanfarmaian, Monir Shahroudy and Zara Houshmand. A Mirror Garden: A Memoir (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Memoir; Creative Life; Cultural/Gender Focus Flathouse, Pat, with Catherine Cogburn and Susan Wittig Albert. Your Life, Your Story: A Book to Help You Capture Your Memories (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Floyd, Elaine. Creating Family Newsletters: 123 Ideas for Sharing Memorable Moments with Family and Friends (reviewed by Maggie Knorr) Freed, Rachael. Women's Lives, Women's Legacies: Passing Your Beliefs and Blessings to Future Generations (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Goldberg, Bonni. Room to Write: Daily Invitations to a Writer's Life (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Goldberg, Natalie. Old Friend from Far Away: How to Write Memoir (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Goldberg, Natalie. Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir (reviewed by Karen Ryan) Goldberg, Natalie. Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Hampl, Patricia. I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory (reviewed by Leslea Smith) Memoir; Creative Life Hand, Maureen. Write the Snapshots of Life (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Heart, Rosalie Deer and Alison Strickland. Harvesting Your Journals: Writing Tools to Enhance Your Growth and Creativity (reviewed by Cassandra Jacobs) Herring, Laraine. Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Memoir; Creative Life Hudson, Kathleen. Women in Texas Music: Stories and Songs (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Anthologies/Collections; Memoir; Creative Life Jones, Catherine Ann. The Way of Story: The Craft & Soul of Writing (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Kidd, Sue Monk. Firstlight (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration; Creative Life Kingston, Karen. Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui (reviewed by Melanie Alberts) Life Lessons; Creative Life Leal, Carmen. WriterSpeaker.com: Internet Research and Marketing for Writers and Speakers (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) LeGuin, Ursula K. Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew (reviewed by Dianne Lodge-Peters) Lindbergh, Reeve. Forward from Here: Leaving Middle Age—and Other Unexpected Adventures (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Memoir; Life Lessons; Creative Life Linzer, Deborah Hansen. Cameo Life Stories: Writing Guide for Everywoman (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Lippincott, Sharon M. The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing (reviewed by Patricia Nordyke Pando) Memoir; Creative Life Lobenstine, Margaret. The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Life Lessons; Creative Life; Active Life Lydon, Susan Gordon. The Knitting Sutra: Thoughts on Handcrafts, Nature and Spirit (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Creative Life; Arts/Crafts Marchant, Deborah DeWit. In the Presence of Books (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Marchant, Deborah DeWit. Traveling Light: A Photographer's Journey (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Memoir; Creative Life McDonnell, Jane Taylor. Living to Tell the Tale (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Creative Life; Life Lessons Morgan, Deborah. Writing Out Loud (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Mountain Dreamer, Oriah. What We Ache For: Creativity and the Unfolding of Your Soul (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Creative Life; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Murdock, Maureen. Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Memoir; Creative Life Myers, Linda Joy. Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story (reviewed by Judy Fettman) Body Language; Creative Life Norton, Lisa Dale. Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir (reviewed by Janet Caplan) Memoir; Creative Life Paretsky, Sara. Writing in an Age of Silence (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Memoir; History/Current Events; Creative Life Paris, Anne, Ph.D. Standing at the Water's Edge: Moving Past Fear, Blocks and Pitfalls to Discover the Power of Creative Immersion (reviewed by Joan Shaddox Isom) Creative Life; Life Lessons Pedersen, Angie. The Book of Me: A Guide to Scrapbooking About Yourself (reviewed by Maggie Knorr) Pedersen, Angie. The Book of Us: A Guide to Scrapbooking About Relationships (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Perry, Susan K., Ph.D. Writing in Flow: Keys to Enhanced Creativity (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Phifer, Nan. Memoirs of the Soul: Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Creative Life; Faith/Spirituality/Inspiration Pipher, Mary. Writing to Change the World: An Inspiring Guide for Transforming the World With Words (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Creative Life; Active Life Purroy, Carol Petersen. Your Life Oughta Be a Book (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Rehak, Melanie. Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Reilly, Lee. Teaching Maggie: Letters on Life, Writing, and the Virtues of Solid Food (reviewed by Tracie Nichols) Life Lessons; Relationships; Creative Life Rosenthal, Lisa, editor. The Writing Group Book: Creating and Sustaining a Successful Writing Group (reviewed by Melanie Alberts) Schulze, Joan. The Art of Joan Schulze (reviewed by Melanie Alberts) Biography; Creative Life Segalove, Ilene and Paul Bob Velick. List Your Self: Listmaking as the Way to Self-Discovery (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Shaughnessy, Susan. Walking on Alligators: A Book of Meditations for Writers (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Shea, Suzanne Strempek. Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama and Other Page-Turning Adventures From a Year in a Bookstore (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Memoir; Creative Life Sonnenfeld, Sandi. This is How I Speak (reviewed by Catherine Cogburn) Memoir; Creative Life; Teen/Girls Styne, Marlys Marshall. Reinventing Myself: Memoirs of a Retired Professor (reviewed by Patricia Nordyke Pando) Memoir; Creative Life Styne, Marlys Marshall. Seniorwriting: A Brief Guide for Seniors Who Want to Write (reviewed by Duffie Bart) Thomas, Abigail. Thinking About Memoir: Through the Side Door (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Memoir; Creative Life Thomas, Abigail. Thinking About Memoir: Through the Side Door (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Memoir; Creative Life Tiberghien, Susan M. One Year to a Writing Life: Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer's Art and Craft (reviewed by Robin Edgar) Wakan, Naomi Beth. Compositions: Notes on the Written Word (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Memoir; Creative Life Wakan, Naomi Beth. Late Bloomer: On Writing Later in Life (reviewed by Mary Ann MOore) Memoir; Creative Life; Elders Weldon, Michele. Writing to Save Your Life: How to Honor Your Story Through Journaling (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Williamson, Kate T. A Year in Japan (reviewed by Mary Ann Moore) Travel/Adventure; Creative Life Wooldridge, Susan G. Foolsgold: Making Something From Nothing and Freeing Your Creative Process (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Life Lessons; Creative Life