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I wanted to post something super pretty and Instagram-worthy but this is TRULY how I feel about writing THE END. Tenth book is written and done!! #imtired #butalsohappy 😊 Bring on the holidays and all the books to read!! 😎 (I also thought a favorite book on writing was appropriate to reference. Love The Getaway Car 🤓)

So this short story by Ann Patchett had me right away. It is a small pice of her book of essays "This is a Story of a Happy Marriage" I did not know that strait away. In just 45 pages she packs in a life she lived through trying to become a writer and how getting locked into a cottage to write her fist book that would be her Getaway Car from her miserable life and into the life she always wanted. A nice #Ride. #90sInJuly

Lets see how this goes

#24To48 So, as I approach Hour 11, I decided to read a short book. This book was about the writing process, a good book to read during a read-a-thon. Plus, huge Ann Patchett fan and I have not read this one yet.

#24in48 10 hours… Nothing is getting done today: not laundry, not cooking, not a thing is getting dusted. Reading - that is all that is getting done this weekend.

I am fascinated by the writing process and I enjoyed this short and sweet book. Ann Patchett gives writing advice and explains her own process.

This is a good one for those interested in writing. (And for those of us who are just readers who enjoy reading about the writing process!) I borrowed my daughter's Kindle while I'm taking care of my mother and am surprised by how much more I like it than I thought I would.

Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft. If you want to write, practice writing. Practice it for hours a day, not to come up with a story you can publish but because you long to learn how to write well, because there is something that you alone can say.

Anne Bogel recommended this on her What Should I Read Next podcast this week, and since I'm loving Patchett's 'Bel Canto' right now, the author's part memoir part practical how-to on becoming a writer sounds awesome!