"A guide to confronting one's own life issues, it is definitely a powerful

system for helping the writer complete a full-length manuscript but it

also requires a serious examination of how our life stories are reflected

and shaped in our work. This book should come with a warning label:

'Be ready, you are going to have to go deeper than you ever imagined.' "

- Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina

"Zelda Lockhart's soulful guide for fledgling writers is an extraordinary

gift of generosity and eloquence, a treasure map of our uncharted imaginative

topographies." - Dana Heller, Eminent Scholar of English, Old

Dominion University

"Rather than hiding from our past and the difficulties we have each

endured, Lockhart teaches us how to shine a light on those painful memories

and make sense of them through writing resolutions to those stories.

Part creative writing and part therapeutic writing, Lockhart's work is

open, accessible, and allows writers to gain new perspectives on life events

that have shaped us." - Dr. Michele Forinash, director of Expressive

Therapies Division, Lesley University

"The main message in this book is to transform your psychological wounds

and utilize your spiritual strength in order to find your authentic voice.

And like a good therapist or counselor, Lockhart is there with you all

the way, providing encouraging insights and important ideas to keep you

moving along the path. This is a must-read for anyone who has ever wanted

to write an emotionally forceful and soulful piece of fiction,

memoir, or poetry." - Dr. Mitchell Kossak, associate professor of counseling

and expressive therapies at Lesley University and author of Attunement

in Expressive Arts Therapy: Toward an Understanding of Embodied Empathy