{"product_id":"writers-and-their-notebooks-9781570038662","title":"Writers and Their Notebooks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA peek inside the writerly testing grounds of Sue Grafton, Kim Stafford, Maureen Stanton, and others\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays by well-established professional writers explores how their notebooks serve as their studios and workshops--places to collect, to play, and to make new discoveries with language, passions, and curiosities. For these diverse writers, the journal also serves as an ideal forum to develop their writing voice, whether crafting fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Some entries include sample journal entries that have since developed into published pieces. Through their individual approaches to keeping a notebook, the contributors offer valuable advice, personal recollections, and a hardy endorsement of the value of using notebooks to document, develop, and nurture a writer's creative spark. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned for writers of all genres and all levels of experience, \u003ci\u003eWriters and Their Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the notebook as a vital tool in a writer's personal and literary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essayist, memoirist, and poet, \u003cb\u003eDiana M. Raab\u003c\/b\u003e is an instructor in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. She is the author of three poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eDear Ana?s: My Life in Poems for You, The Guilt Gene, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Muse Undresses Me, \u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir \u003ci\u003eRegina's Closet: Finding My Grandmother's Secret Journal\u003c\/i\u003e--winner of numerous awards including the 2009 Mom's Choice Award for Adult Nonfiction and the 2008 Indie Excellence Award for Memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912639189266,"sku":"9781570038662","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d462b77a-0079-4559-9cb6-dfe641109981.jpg?v=1738775850","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/writers-and-their-notebooks-9781570038662","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}