It was a joyous moment when I opened up my daily email from BookBub, today. What is BookBub? It is a free daily subscription email that shows the latest ebook deals. As a subscriber, a person tells BookBub what type of books they like to read. Then, BookBub will send a daily email with the bargains in the selected genres. Sometimes the books are free and sometimes the books are dramatically reduced in price. A link to log on and subscribe to BookBub will be at the end of this article. Feel free to use it. I will not receive monetary compensation for the use of the code.
Anyways, the joyous moment was caused by one of my top five recommended nonfiction books being on sale. The title of the book is The Artist’s Way. Its author is Julia Cameron. Ms. Cameron wrote The Artist’s Way after she had been teaching a class on “creative recovery” at the university level for several years. The stated purpose of the book is to assist creative people in overcoming whatever is blocking them and start creating, again.
My daughter suggested that I read this book sometime in the first decade of the 2000’s. A family friend had given it to her to encourage my then teenaged daughter who wanted to pursue a career in a creative field. She let me borrow her copy, but soon I bought my own.
The Artist’s Way is what encouraged me to write. It also revealed what was stopping me from doing it. Like a lot of people, I am my own worst enemy. The Artist’s Way guided me to treating myself a little kinder.
In The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron calls her unblocking process “creative recovery.” A recovery program attacks the life-coping mechanisms that prevent people from being whole. The Artist’s Way details actions and activities that help the struggling creative become more fully themselves.
I used to recommend this book to anyone and everyone. It is very helpful to me dealing with negative self-talk and other issues that prevented me from picking up a pen. I wanted everyone to feel the freedom and exhilaration to embrace their inner selves. Now, this wonderful book is on sale. There’s nothing to prevent anyone else from discovering or developing the artist inside of themselves.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006H19H3M?_bbid=189161571&tag=bookbubemail1-20
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