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Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg is an all-time favorite and one I recommend over and over again!

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Oh! I don't know that one! Looking now!

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Refuse To Be Done by Matt Bell is forever a favorite!

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Oh yes -- I love that one!

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Great post. I just ordered Bird Cloud. Thanks, Claire!

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You will swoon over her writing space!

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thank you for this great list.i have always had this desire to write and now you have given me the gift of how to get started. Thank yu Claire Diaz Ortiz and your writer mentors.

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Such a good list! I live On Writing so much.

I have another suggestion for you: Write Away by Elizabeth George. It’s a very detailed look at her writing/research process and how she constructs her murder mystery plots. I loved it!

She also has a newer one I haven’t read that also sounds great: Mastering the Process.

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just ordered!!!!!

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YAY! Let me know what you think of it!

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