It can be difficult to create space for our spiritual lives in a world crowded with distractions. THE PEN AND THE BELL is about how to achieve mindfulness and creative fulfillment in spite of long to-do lists. It's about gaining access to our deeper selves in the workaday world and bringing forth this authentic self in our writing. With both meditative and writing exercises in each chapter, it will help you awaken your creative soul and find a more rewarding life. "This isn't a book - it's a beautiful, quiet path into the deep woods of contemplative practice through the medium of the written word. Yes, reading its chapters will delight you. Yes, listening to these two wise women talk quietly about their lives and their writing process is a sweet and effortless reading experience that will make you feel as if you are sitting across from them, a cu of tea in front of you, hearing the measure and lilt of their kindly, honest, voices. But the real crux of this book/path isn't their words - it's yours." -- Norman Fischer author Taking Our Places

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About the Author
Holly Hughes has edited the annual Best Food Writing series (DeCapo) since its inception in 2000. The author of Frommer's 500 Places for Food and Wine Lovers, she lives in New York City. Brenda Miller is a professor of English at Western Washington University and serves as editor-in-chief of the Bellingham Review.

Reviews

"The Pen and the Bell is a needed reminder that to be fully alive and alert is a prerequisite to writing well. Brenda Miller and Holly Hughes are the perfect guides for helping us all slow down and see the world around us. What a wise, warm, wonderful book!" -Dinty W. Moore, author of The Mindful Writer

"Strictly speaking, this isn't a book-it's a beautiful, quiet path into the deep woods of contemplative practice through the medium of the written word." -from the foreword by Norman Fischer, author of When You Greet Me I Bow: Notes and Reflections from a Life in Zen and Training in Compassion, among others

Book Information
ISBN 9781558966536
Author Holly Hughes
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Skinner House Books
Publisher Skinner House Books