Book Recommendation: A Writer’s San Francisco
During a time when I felt like my life was lacking creativity, I went to the local book store to pick up a book of writing prompts. I was hoping to get a creative jumpstart. What I ended up getting was a book that had no prompts but which has inspired me again and again. It’s a book that I’ve quoted multiple times, a book that I pick up now and again just to read a chapter, and a book which I would be happy to recommend.
A Writer’s San Francisco: A Guided Journey For The Creative Soul is a collection of essays by Eric Maisel, a local author and creativity coach. The essays, which share the common subject of life as a writer in San Francisco, are only a few pages each in length. Within these short stories of life in San Francisco, the history of the literary life of the city is revealed.
San Francisco comes alive as you read this book, not because you are being told how to be creative in it but because you are reminded of all of the reasons why San Francisco inspires you. It doesn’t really matter if you are a writer or not. Any creative individual can appreciate the unique beauty that makes San Francisco an artists’ paradise. The scenery and characters of life in this city are a story worth telling and Maisel reminds you of it with every turn of the page.
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