The Fire Inside: A Companion for the Creative Life
by Lucy Adkins, Becky Breed
Have you ever had something come into your life at exactly the right moment?
When a change was desperately needed, there was that email, or that phone call, or that random book in the mail. That was The Fire Inside: A Companion for the Creative Life by Lucy Adkins and Becky Breed. Take this passage for proof:
Every time it happens, I light up with joy. I find myself in unexpected places and with people I never planned on meeting, and discover in their associations hints that we live in a world where everything is beautifully connected. … There is an astonishing sort of harmony in the world, an underlying pattern in seemingly unrelated events.
I was stuck in a rut, desperate to get moving down the creative path again. Discovering this book was the spark I needed. Full of essays and thoughts on the creative life, it was just what my dusty and parched soul needed. It talked about how it’s never too late to start, and not living with the regret of lost years. Both things I had been struggling with in the recent past.
This book was a perfect antidote to the letdown after a lifetime journey to write and publish my first novel. I powered through it in just a few days and plan to revisit the short chapters with regularity. After rushing through in a flood, I want these important lessons to soak in and fuel the rest of my creative life. If you’re looking for a spark of inspiration, I highly recommend.
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