Observation Deck (Past & Present): A Tool Kit for Writers - Softcover

Why anyone would want to give away the secrets of our profession is beyond mebut now someone has, and if I were a budding scribe, I would rush to get this book into my ink-stained paws. > What an ingenious solution to writer's block, from which I suffer once or twice a day. Pulling a card from The Observation Deck is the perfect remedy when I'm feeling stumped, resistant, puzzled, discouraged, or unclear about the work ahead. Sue Grafton, author of "B is for Burglar" --Andrei Codrescu, author of "The Blood Countress"

Naomi Epel hosts Booktalk, a weekly program on the San Francisco radio station KALW. She interviewed writers for Dreamtalk, a weekly radio program on KALX Berkeley, and out of these interviews came her first book, Writers Dreaming, an in-depth look at 27 major contemporary authors. She gives "Writing from Your Dreams" talks and workshops and is a frequent guest lecturer at Stanford University. She has also appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, E! TV, and The Tom Snyder Show.