The Fire Inside: A Companion for the Creative Life

by Lucy Adkins, Becky Breed

Overview

The Fire Inside, through a well-researched collection of heart-warming essays, invites readers to uncover their unique talents, whether they be in writing, the visual arts, or the sort of “everyday” creativity which so enriches our lives.
Based on the authors’ combined fifty-five years of teaching and presenting workshops on writing and creativity, this book is packed with creative tips and exercises, anecdotes, insights, and inspiration. Written in a spirit of warmth and generosity, it includes the highs and lows of the creative life, and encourages readers to say yes to creativity, choose to live a bigger life, and discover how the “magic” happens.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608082490
Publisher:	WriteLife Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2021
Series:	The Essential Writing and Creativity series , #2
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Lucy Adkins earned her MFA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is a writer of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Her poetry and short fiction have appeared in many journals and anhthologies, and her first poety chapbook, "One Life Shining," was published by Pudding House Press. She co-presents the Nebraska Humanities program "Diaries and Letters of Early Nebraska Settlers," and is a frequent writing instructor for OLLI, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and the Larksong Writers' Workshops. Her book, "Two-Toned Dress," was the winner of the 2019 Blue Light Press poetry chapbook contest.

Adkins also co-authored "Writing in Community: Say Goodbye to Writer's Block and Transform Your Life," which was awarded an "IPPY" in the Independent Publisher's Book Awards."Writing in Community," the first book in The Essential Writing and Creativity Series, along with the impact of many presentations and workshops led Adkins, along with her co-author Becky Breed, to being named winners of the 2020 Lincoln, Nebraska Mayor's Art Award in Artistic Achievement in Literature.