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Glimmer Train Guide to Writing Fiction, Vol. 2: Inspiration and Discipline
Edited by Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda B. Swanson-Davies
ISBN: 978-1-58297-447-7
$19.99, 432p, 50 b&w illus
Available June 2007

• From one of today’s most recognized literary journals, Glimmer Train
• Features advice from some of today’s most accomplished and respected fiction writers
• Illustrated, gifty package will appeal to any writer

The Glimmer Train Guide to Writing Fiction series features the best content from Glimmer Train’s “Writers Ask” quarterly newsletter. The series is packed full of useful techniques, informed perspecitves, and inspired nudges from accomplished literary writers and mentors—just the kind of company a writer needs. The second volume, Inspiration and Discipline, features advice about finding ideas and developing a writing habit from a great list of writers including Lorrie Moore, Ha Jin, Robert Olen Butler, Richard Russo, Tobias Wolf, and more.

About the Editors
Susan Burmeister-Brown and her sister, Linda B. Swanson-Davies, are editors of the literary short-fiction quarterly Glimmer Train Stories, the newsletter Writers Ask, and the story collection Mother Knows: 24 Tales of Motherhood and Where Love is Found. They live in Portland, Oregon with their families.

Table of Contents
Book Two:
Inspiration and Discipline

Writing Away from Home
Early Roots
How Reading Shapes our Writing
Writing What You Know
Taboos and Secrets
Writing as Art
Writing as Responsibility
Writing as Therapy
Using Autobiographical Material
Writer’s Block
Family Support
The Writing Life
Approaches to Writing