{"product_id":"the-thorn-necklace-healing-through-writing-and-the-creative-process-9781580057516","title":"The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor devotees of \u003ci\u003eBird by Bird\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Artist's Way\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir-driven guide to healing through the craft of writing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Francesca Lia Block is the bestselling author of more than twenty-five books, including the award-winning Weetzie Bat series. Her writing has been called \"transcendent\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and her books have been included in \"best of\" lists compiled by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and NPR. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this long-anticipated guide to the craft of writing, Block offers an intimate glimpse of an artist at work and a detailed guide to help readers channel their own experiences and creative energy. Sharing visceral insights and powerful exercises, she gently guides us down the write-to-heal path, revealing at each turn the intrinsic value of channeling our experiences onto the page. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Named for the painting by Frida Kahlo, who famously transformed her own personal suffering into art, \u003ci\u003eThe Thorn Necklace\u003c\/i\u003e offers lessons on life, love, and the creative process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Lia Block\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of more than twenty-five books of stories, nonfiction, and fiction, including the Weetzie Bat books, her series of magical-realism novels. She has received the Spectrum Award, the Phoenix Award, the ALA Rainbow Award, and the 2005 Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as other citations from the American Library Association, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Los Angeles, a city the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e says she describes \"better than any writer since Raymond Chandler.\" She teachers writing at UCLA, Antioch University, and numerous workshops across the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrant Faulkner\u003c\/b\u003e is the executive director of National Novel Writing Month, co-founder of the literary journal \u003ci\u003e101 Word Story\u003c\/i\u003e, co-founder of the Flash Fiction Collective, and the author of \u003ci\u003ePep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Prompts to Boost Your Creative Mojo\u003c\/i\u003e (Chronicle Books).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seal Press (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985511842066,"sku":"9781580057516","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2c6be9e3-5055-4079-af6f-4fde6638146a.jpg?v=1769538766","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-thorn-necklace-healing-through-writing-and-the-creative-process-9781580057516","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}