At last - the book that tells us how to banish loneliness, love this writing life and thrive in it. A unique book for every writer. But that is just the start.
Live to Write: Survive the Solitude - and Thrive is a book that lives up to its name and then goes on to produce a treasure trove of life-changing advice.
More than 200 top writers and thinkers offer unbounded hope and promise here for writers. They offer life-changing ideas to lift us from good to great, to love our alone time at the desk and fill our days and nights in solitude with triumph.
Some of this is memoir - Brian Morgan's hard-won experience from a long journey. Much of it is the accumulated wisdom of the writing masters. They want to take us on a magic carpet ride to beauty, eloquence and excitement as a writer.
There is treasure on every page here, including:
- Ways to love our quiet space and lose that sense of isolation. Ways that feed the soul and allow us to be alone, but never lonely.
- Where to find the topics that stir the blood, make writing memorable and allow us to reach for the truly great within ourselves.
- Discover what would be great for you. What are your dreams? What do you value? What do you believe in? Why do you want to write? Start the journey from good to great by deciding what would be great for you.
- Learn how your life and your writing will feed off each other and give authenticity to everything you write - and to produce work that is valued and loved.
- Touch the depths of life. Live life, absorb its lessons. Absorb the joy, the pain, the anguish, the exhilaration - all of it. You will be better for it and so will your writing.
- Give your readers the full measure of your writer's heart. Make them feel the emotions you feel. Let them shed the tears you have shed.
When all else is done, we all want our words to endure. Find what the masters do to write beautiful words that evoke emotions - and endure.
Inside of all of us there is the desire to be heard, to have our innermost thoughts, feelings and experiences expressed for others to read and to understand. We all want to matter to someone, to leave a mark.
This is a book like no other. A book of hope and excitement and value for the writer in you waiting to thrive. The book to take writers to a new and unexpected level.
Begin with this treasure-house of writing wisdom to create the writing life you desire. It will light your way to a memorable and authentic writing life. This is a book you will want to read and reread - and every time, a new gem will reveal itself.
Morgan, Brian: - "Brian Morgan has won numerous state and national awards as a journalist, editor and author. His most prestigious national writing award was the Fellowship of Australian Writers' National Literary Award, The Jim Hamilton Award. His first book, published traditionally, was a sellout best-seller in the US and the UK, and his work has been translated for Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese readers. Brian now has nine books available in print, all published independently, and he has helped other writers publish. Several books are in progress for publication. His life revolves around one passion - to leave the world a little better than he found it. He sticks to this guiding principle whether it be in the home, his work, the community, the country or the world. He believes we should earn the right to be here, wherever we are. His "skill with the quill" is his weapon of choice, and he's not afraid to use it to help others. Brian has been called an integrity advocate, a thought leader, a teacher and a peace warrior - among other things. He has fought for mental health, freedom of speech, disability support, children, the homeless, integrity and responsibility in business, Aboriginal equality (an ongoing struggle), justice and fairness everywhere. Climate change and human rights abuses always attract his attention. He has raised much-needed funds for charities like the Red Cross, the National Heart Foundation and the Salvation Army, and served as a volunteer in several organizations and as a consultant in others. Awards and testimonies, local, state and national, attest to his value to those in need and to those without a voice. While writing this book in 2018, he was designated as a Global Goodwill Ambassador as recognition for his lifetime of service to causes of human need. Ambassadors work for the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals for Human Rights. Brian has been described as a business and thought leader, a business founder, an integrity advocate and a voice for the unheard. He founded and ran Professional Independent Publishing Standards (PiPS) from 2014 to 2018. After many years as a business leader and as a journalist, editor and publisher, he is devoting his senior years writing his books in the solitude he loves. His writing attracts accolades around the world. He believes that a writer's life should be a life of service, a life of purpose. He is disabled, but despite lack of mobility, he works, writes and fights (if the cause is right) because he believes service is what makes life worthwhile."
