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"A book that should be on every writer's bookshelf, next to Bird by Bird, Writing Down the Bones, and Welty's One Writer's Beginnings." -SJ Rozan, best-selling author of Paper Son For writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, autobiography and memoir, and from amateurs to professionals, this book about the creative process is a book for writers everywhere interested in learning more about the craft of writing. A perfect gift for writers of all ages and levels of experience, A Commotion in Your Heart: Notes on Writing and Life takes the reader from the author's childhood dream of being a writer through the ups and downs of publishing. She tells her story with highly relatable vignettes that focus on her own personal moments of clarity about what writing is (and what writing isn't), sharing the pleasures and lessons of more than 40 years of experience teaching writing. Part memoir and part writing workshop, A Commotion in Your Heart: Notes on Writing and Life offers writing inspiration and practical advice for authors at every stage of their writing journey. This collection of 37 essays includes: Chasing the Muse But That's How It Happened What We Talk About When We Talk About Writing Working (a Jigsaw) The Voices in My Head (Maybe) Don't Quite Your Day Job The Revision Toolkit and much more! With short, easy to read chapters, A Commotion in Your Heart: Notes on Writing and Life will inspire veteran authors as well as beginning writers just getting started. And when writing is especially difficult, or when writer's block sets in, award-winning author Barbara Shoup is full of encouraging wisdom. A Commotion in Your Heart: Notes on Writing and Life is for anyone who understands that writing isn't just a hobby... It's a necessary part of living fully.

Ten women veterans, from a WWII Marine to an Army gunner in Iraq, share personal stories of what it's like to be a woman in the U.S. Military. With courage, honesty, wit, and wisdom, they find the words. Finding the Words represents the work of a memoir class taught by Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner and sponsored by the Indiana Writers Center. "In this collection, we are privileged to hear the voices of women from three branches of the Military, women who served from officer, enlisted and warrant officer ranks, in Active and Reserve Components and in eras and theaters from World War II to today. Different inner drives led them to serve; different motivations pushed them to tell their stories. Don't miss the opportunity to explore the diversity of women veterans' experiences and voices." --Kayla M. Williams, author of Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army and Plenty of Time When We Get Home: Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War

Not Like the Rest of Us: An Anthology of Contemporary Indiana Writers features over seventy-five notable Indiana poets, fiction writers, and essayists, including Marianne Boruch, Jared Carter, Mari Evans, Karen Joy Fowler, Helen Frost, John Green, Philip Gulley, Patricia Henley, Susan Neville, Scott Russell Sanders, and Dan Wakefield. The most experienced writers are in their nineties, the youngest in their twenties. Some are best-selling authors, some widely known in literary circles, some just beginning. Many were born and raised in Indiana, others found their way here and stayed. An officially endorsed Indiana Bicentennial Legacy Project, the book extends the appreciation of Indiana's rich literary heritage into the 21st century, celebrating authors who are bringing honor to the Hoosier state in our own time.

Funded by the Summer Youth Program Fund, the Indiana Writers Center's "Building a Rainbow" creative writing program serves a diverse group of young people in Indianapolis, improving their writing and literacy skills through a series of creative writing exercises that teach them how to write the stories of their own lives. Working one-on-one, Writers Center instructors, student teachers, and volunteers help the young writers get their words on the page and also encourage them to reflect upon the experiences they've written about, considering how what they've learned can help them make their dreams come true. I Remember is a collection of writings completed during the Indiana Writers Center summer youth writing programs.

We hope you've enjoyed reading the poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction online for our first year of Flying Island, and we're now proud to present our first annual Best of Flying Island for 2014.

Funded by the Summer Youth Program Fund, the Indiana Writers Center's "Building a Rainbow" creative writing program serves a diverse group of young people in Indianapolis, improving their writing and literacy skills through a series of creative writing exercises that teach them how to write the stories of their own lives. Working one-on-one, Writers Center instructors, student teachers, and volunteers help the young writers get their words on the page and also encourage them to reflect upon the experiences they've written about, considering how what they've learned can help them make their dreams come true. I Remember is a collection of writings completed during the Indiana Writers Center summer youth writing programs.

In this engaging collection, seniors from JCC Indianapolis and the Albert and Sara Rueben Senior and Community Resource Center remember small and large moments of their lives that will make you laugh, cry, and leave you full of wonder at the wide range of journeys that have brought them to now. From memories of Southaven, Michigan, an enclave for Jewish young people in the 1940's, to the horrors of Nazi Germany, these writers have not only created a legacy for their families, but also offer invaluable insights to those who want to know more about what it was like to live in their time. The introduction to Life Dances describes the writing exercise used to generate the stories, which will be of help those who want to write about their own lives.