

Love it or hate it, writing can feel like a big task, especially if you're facing down your end-of-semester research paper or, you know, your first novel. Lamott herself is like a cross between a cool, crazy aunt and a writing Patronus. Subtitled "Some Instructions on Writing and Life," Lamott's book is part writing instruction manual, part how-to guide to life, and part hilarious memoir.


Or maybe you hate writing, and you wouldn't do it for a living even if it did come with fame, fortune, and a Manhattan apartment to die for.Įither way, Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird has something for you. Maybe all you've ever wanted is to be like Richard Castle, who happily whips out mystery novels while advising the NYPD, squeezing in the occasional book signing between falling in love with Beckett and spending his millions.
