Craft:

Bly, Carol. Beyond the Writers' Workshop: New Ways to Write Creative Nonfiction. New York: Anchor Books, 2001.

Goldberg, Bonni. Beyond the Words: The Three Untapped Sources of Creative Fulfillment for Writers. New York: Putnam, 2002.

Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. New York: Anchor, 1995.

McEwan, Christian, and Mark Statman. The Alphabet of Trees: A Guide to Nature Writing. New York: Teachers and Writers.

Morrison, Carol. How to Build a Long-Lasting Fire: Writing Poems from your Life. Lincolnwood, Ill.: NTC, 1997.

Murray, John A. The Sierra Club Nature Writing Handbook: A Creative Guide. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1995.

See, Carolyn. Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers. New York: Random House, 2002.

Wolf, Robert. Jump Start: How to Write from Everyday Life. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001.

The Writing Life:

Conroy, Frank (ed.). The Eleventh Draft: Caft and the Writing Life from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. New York: Harper, 1999.

Dillard, Annie. The Writing Life. New York: Perrenial, 1999 (reprint edition).

Erdal, Jennie. Ghosting: A Double Life, 2005.

Hemingway, Ernest. A Moveable Feast. New York: Touchstone, 1964.

King, Stephen. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. New York: Scribner, 2000.

Patchett, Ann. Truth and Beauty, 2004.

Plath, Sylvia. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Edited by Karen V. Kukil. New York: Anchor, 2000.

Sarton, May. A Journal of Solitude. New York: Norton, 1973.