More Resources

Books

• The Writer's Journey - 25th Anniversary Edition: Mythic Structure for Writers, by Christopher Vogler

• Highway 99: A Literary Journey through California’s Great Central Valley edited by Stan Yogi

• The Rural Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Personal and Natural Places, by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi

• Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction, by Patricia Highsmith

• Fast Fiction: Creating Fiction in Five Minutes, by Roberta Allen

• The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, by Steven Pressfield.

Websites

• California Institute of Integral Studies https://www.ciis.edu

• California Writers Club http://calwriters.org

• Reason & Heron, Short Guide to Cooperative Inquiry https://wagner.nyu.edu/files/leadership/avina_heron_reason2.pdf

• William Torbert http://www.williamrtorbert.com

Inspirational Quotes

• “Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt use it—don't cheat with it. Be as faithful to it as a scientist—but don't think anything is of any importance because it happens to you or anyone belonging to you.” -Ernest Heminway

• “Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.” -Erica Jong

• “There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium, and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.” -Martha Graham