Books That Have Moved Me to Write, or Write Better:

• The Art of the Personal Essay, Phillip Lopate

• Blue Pastures, Mary Oliver

• Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity, David Whyte

• The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers, Betsy Lerner

• The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck

• Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke

• Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

• Love, Pablo Neruda

• The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka

• On Writing, Stephen King

• The Artist’s Way and Vein of Gold, both by Julia Cameron

• Wild Mind and Writing Down the Bones, both by Natalie Goldberg

• Willa Cather on Writing: Critical Studies on Writing as an Art

• Writing for Story, Jon Franklin

Books That Have Inspired Me to Live My Best Life:

• Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom, John O’Donohue

• Coming to Our Senses, Jon Kabat-Zinn

• Conversations with God, Neale Donald Walsch

• The Essential Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks

• Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman

• Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, Baird T. Spalding

• Martha Graham: A Dancer’s Life, Russell Freedman

• Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Carl Jung

• On Death and Dying, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

• Power vs. Force and I: Reality and Subjectivity, both by Dr. David R. Hawkins

• The Power of Now, Eckart Tolle

Noteworthy Links on Writing:

• Book Industry: www.bookwire.com

• Children’s Lit: www.scbwi.org

• Dictionary: www.dictionary.com

• Funding: www.fundsforwriters.com

• Humor Writing: www.humorwriters.org

• Poetry: www.poets.org or www.davidwhyte.com

• Quotations: www.Bartleby.com

• Science Fiction/Fantasy: www.spicygreeniguana.com/

• Screenwriting: www.wga.org

• Self-Publishing: www.booklocker.com or www.parapub.com

• Thesaurus: www.visualthesaurus.com

• Writing Workshops (online): www.writersonlineworkshops.com/

Noteworthy Pittsburgh Publications and Inspired Living Resources:

• Heart of Pittsburgh: www.heartofpittsburgh.com

• Holistic Resources: www.holisticpittsburgh.com

• Life in Balance (ambient music): www.lifeinbalancemusic.com

• Natural Wellness, Nutrition and Rain Forest Remedies: www.nutrifarmacy.com

• PITTSBURGH Magazine: www.wqed.org/mag

• Point of Light: Western PA’s Journal of Meaningful Living: www.pointoflight.com

Noteworthy Links to Inspire Your Life:

• Alternative Media/Modern Culture: www.utne.com

• Children’s Education/Enlightenment Programs: www.cosmikids.com

• Consciousness Studies: www.ions.org