Writing Yourself Home features over seventy-five readings by such noted authors as Maxine Hong Kingston, Alice Walker, Virginia Woolf, Margaret Atwood, and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as more than 200 writing and visualization exercises on love, relationships, families, language, dreams, and writing. Designed as a guided journal, these readings and writings will help clarify issues for women interested in personal growth and those who want to enhance their writing.

A personal treasure to anyone seeking self-knowledge, inner peace, and direct access to their authentic self-expression, Write Where You Are is a portal into discovering oneself through the art of writing. Write Where You Are is for those who know they want to write but need help knowing where to begin. Junie Swadron's newest writing resource offers foolproof—and often hilarious—solutions to help even the greatest skeptics start writing. Her book recognizes common fears and perfectionist tendencies, guides the reader through these pitfalls, and into the potential stories hiding within each of us. Sharing her own stories and life experiences, Junie Swadron’s approach instills confidence and creative freedom in reluctant writers. Swadron knows how powerful it can be when a writer finds their voice on the page—and shares that voice in the world! Write Where You Are encourages journaling as a way for writers to discover their preferred narrative style and genre—from poetry and prose to plays and essays to blogs, songwriting, and speechwriting. With fun and thought-provoking writing prompts and exercises, Junie Swadron transforms reluctant writers into confident authors! Write Where You Are is an essential resource for beginning writers who need help to begin their writing journey.

The lonely life of a writer need not be. There are ways to break that isolation and find encouragement and support within groups of like-minded people. Sections in Writing Alone, Writing Together include Writing Practice Groups, Creating Writing Prompts, Group Leadership, and even What to Do with the Bores, Whiners, Control Junkies, and Thugs. Whether the group is oriented toward writing the great American novel or a family memory book, this useful book offers an array of effective techniques to help writers achieve their goals.

Add Moms Can Be Supermoms Too Agonize no more, frustrated moms! Moms with ADD is here to help. Rather than pathologize ADD or speculate on causes or medical rationales, Moms with ADD enables readers to recognize ADD and optimize their parenting skills. Filled with anecdotes, quotations, and examples, Christine A. Adamec, coauthor of Do You Have Attention Deficit Disorder?, offers practical coping strategies for family- and job-related concerns. This easy-to-read manual is guaranteed to make moms with ADD happier at home and at the office.

100 imagination-stretching writing exercises inspired by the idea of creative constraints, from the author of The Making of a Story. When you are facing down a blank page (or screen), a constraint-based prompt—for example, “you must use the words ‘cloud’ and ‘green’” or “you must set the scene in a crowded grocery store”—can get your brain working in unexpected ways. In this creative writing guide, longtime teacher and novelist Alice LaPlante shares 100 original exercises that will simultaneously push you into a corner and give you the tools to write yourself out of it. LaPlante explains the purpose of each exercise—to sharpen your ear for dialogue, generate surprising images, or access intense emotions—and breaks down student examples to reveal how to achieve these goals. Whether you are looking to jumpstart new ideas or find a fresh angle on a work in progress, and whether you write fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry, Write Yourself Out of a Corner will strengthen your imagination and your craft.

Literacy and the Bilingual Learner explores the literacy development of bilingual learners in London (UK) schools and colleges through a series of vignettes and case studies of learners and their educational experiences.

Write to Explore and Express the Wild Beauty of Your Heart Meredith Heller invites you to write as a path toward self-understanding and as a lifelong refuge of steadfast friendship with yourself. She used the power of writing to heal and save her own life, and now she teaches others to do the same. In this book, Meredith shares the techniques she developed to help people from all walks of life explore their emotions, find their voice, and better navigate life’s challenges. Filled with potent exercises and inspiring poems from the author and her students, Writing by Heart is a must-read for anyone, from seasoned writer to novice, who wants to discover the transformative power of writing.