The Writing LifeFeaturing a gathering of more than fifty of contemporary literature's finest voices, this volume will enchant, move, and inspire readers with its tales of The Writing Life. In it, authors divulge professional secrets: how they first discovered they were writers, how they work, how they deal with the myriad frustrations and delights a writer's life affords. Culled from ten years of the distinguished Washington Post column of the same name, The Writing

Elizabeth has sworn off men but the stranger's kisses melt her resolve faster than ice cream on a hot summer day

When Charles is made redundant from his job as a profiler for the police and sent home with a new experimental chip in his head

Often justified as a measure to protect a nation

After this 30-day plan

with the sun

In this Tang Classic text from the 9th Century

found dead with her two children

The translators have taken care to retain Dr Otsuka's own thoughts and opinions on how to study Kampo as well as demonstrative case studies from his own files making this a direct source of his wisdom and teachings

chef Philli shows you how to make your taste buds sing

cheerful hospitality and

When they return to a store that once defeated them

Just who is this mysterious foe