Recommended Reading

My critique group has been discussing this article by Anne Lamott, in which she tries to figure out what she will say to the attendees of a writing conference in lieu of giving them "toxic hope." She says, "I always end up feeling guilty at writing conferences because I know that mostly the participants will not get published, and no one seems to be willing to tell them this." The article may not be exactly cheering if you're holding onto the hope that one day you will have a book published--but in the end, Lamott offers the hope that we can find satisfaction in the act of writing itself.