


Barrington, Judith. Writing the Memoir, Eighth Mountain Press, 2002
Friedman, Bonnie. Writing Past Dark : Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life, Perennial, 1994
Goldberg, Natalie. Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life, Bantam, 1990
Holzer, Burghild Nina. A Walk Between Heaven and Earth : A Personal Journal on Writing and the Creative Process, Three Rivers Press, 1994
Keen, Sam, and Anne Valley-Fox. Your Mythic Journey: Finding Meaning in Your Life Through Writing and Storytelling, Tarcher, 1989
Keyes, Ralph. The Courage to Write : How Writers Transcend Fear, Owl Books, 2003
Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anchor, 1995
Ledoux, Denis. Turning Memories into Memoirs: A Handbook for Writing Lifestories, Soleil Press, 1993
McDonnell, Jane Taylor. Living to Tell the Tale: A Guide to Writing Memoir, Penguin, 1998
Nelson, G. Lynn. Writing and Being : Embracing Your Life Through Creative Journaling, Innisfree Press, 2004
Pearson, Carol S. The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By, HarperSanFrancisco, 1998
Piercy, Marge, and Ira Wood. So You Want To Write, Leapfrog Press, 2001
Rainer, Tristine. Your Life As Story: Discovering the "New Autobiography" and Writing Memoir As Literature, Putnam, 1998
Selling, Bernard. Writing from Within: A Guide to Creativity and Life Story Writing, Hunter House, 1997
Senn, Linda C. The Many Faces of Journaling : Topics & Techniques for Personal Journal Writing, Pen Central Press, 2001
Weldon, Michele. Writing to Save Your Life: How to Honor Your Story Through Journaling, Hazelden, 2001
The Family Room -- A place for family and intergenerational writing. Includes storytelling activities, too!
WriteNet Teachers and Writers Collaborative -- Check out the excellent online poetry workshop
Poetry 180 -- A poem a day for American high schools (and others who love poetry!)