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A place to find the tools of the writer's trade. Two Sisters specializes in the most gorgeous blank books--because beautiful journals make for beautiful prose!
And, if the beautiful prose remains elusive, there are the musings and thoughts of the writers who have gone before to use as guides into your literary life.
 Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman's Guide to Igniting the Writer Within
by DeMarco-Barrett, Barbara
In her fifteen years of teaching, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett has found that the biggest stumbling block for aspiring writers (especially women) is not fear of the blank page but frustration with the lack of time. What woman doesn't have too much to do and too little time? Finding an hour free of work, children, or obligations can seem impossible.
But anyone can find fifteen minutes, whether you're sitting in traffic, waiting at a child's soccer practice, or watching the coffee drip. DeMarco-Barrett has created a practical, inspirational guide for fitting serious writing into those stolen moments. She offers writing exercises and techniques for generating ideas, as well as pragmatic advice from the well-known authors who appear on her radio show. With fifteen minutes a day, she can help you to ignite your pen and become the writer you have always wanted to be.The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women
by McMeekin, Gail Sparked by her long search for inspiration in her life and work, Gail McMeekin has worked closely with some of today's most highly creative women for her one-of-a-kind guide to maximizing creative energy. "For many women, " she writes, "breaking free of our societal and psychological chains is a prerequisite to truly creating a life that expresses our genuineness and uniqueness." The dynamic women sharing their secrets for the first time include Sarah Ban Breathnach, who channeled her creativity into the book she was "born to write" (the best-selling Simple Abundance); interior designer Chris Madden; and software tycoon Brenda Laurel. From interviews and conversations, McMeekin distilled the common themes in these innovators' lives and work into practices any woman can use.  Letters to a Young Novelist
by Wimmer, Natasha, Vargas Llosa, Mario
Mario Vargas Llosa condenses a lifetime of writing, reading, and thought into an essential manual for aspiring writers. Drawing on the stories and novels of writers from around the globe--Borges, Bierce, Celine, Cortazar, Faulkner, Kafka, Robbe-Grillet--he lays bare the inner workings of fiction, all the while urging young novelists not to lose touch with the elemental urge to create. Conversational, eloquent, and effortlessly erudite, this little book is destined to be read and re-read by young writers, old writers, would-be writers, and all those with a stake in the world of letters.  Spiritual Doodles and Mental Leapfrogs: A Playbook for Unleashing Spiritual Self-Expression
by Revoir, Katherine
With a whimsical sense of fun and fancy that masks a much more serious quest to integrate your conscious and subconscious selves, Katherine Revoir has created a playbook full of exercises and games to ignite your best self -- both your rational, analytical, and logical (left brain) self and your intuitive, expressive, and creative (right brain) self. By using both halves of the brain, you can achieve more complete introspection and expand your spiritual consciousness. Hand-lettered, lay-flat pages make doodling easy. The book begins with an exercise designed to access inner guidance, creating a pathway for finding your own unique formula for self-expression. Spiritual Doodles and Mental Leapfrogs gives readers a private, powerful tool to experiment with creativity, to try something new, and to grow spiritually. Exercises include: - make a wildest dreams collage
- let your intuition make a drawing
- expresso yourself
- a rose is a rose with the help of my nose
- doodle a perfect vacation
- no is not a four letter word
- priming your spiritual pump
 The Pocket Muse: Ideas & Inspirations for Writing
by Wood, Monica
The rich variety of exercises will help writers to create entire stories or focus on a single aspect of their writing. It will also encourage them to think about how they write in new and surprising ways. "The Pocket Muse is truly a unique book, both fun and effective. It will teach, cheer and inspire writers as never before.  The Writer's Mentor: A Guide to Putting Passion on Paper
by Rountree, Cathleen, PH.D.
Written in question-and-answer format, The Writers Mentor addresses the most common dilemmas of both aspiring and professional writers, such as, How do I get ideas for writing? What should I do when Im stuck and staring at a blank page? How do I achieve a state of flow in my writing? Cathleen Rountree responds to these questions by sharing her own experiences as well as the writing secrets of famous literary figures. Each section ends with a feature called The Writers Mentor Suggests, which gives readers a list of concrete suggestions around the writing topic.  Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write
by Brandeis, Gayle
Get Your Creative Juices Flowing. A sumptuous, sensuous writing guide from the author of the award-winning "The Book of Dead Birds"
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