Based on the Zen philosophy that we learn more from our failures than from our successes, One Continuous Mistake teaches a refreshing new method for writing as spiritual practice. In this unique guide for writers of all levels, Gail Sher—a poet who is also a widely respected teacher of creative writing—combines the inspirational value of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way with the spiritual focus of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Here she introduces a method of discipline that applies specific Zen practices to enhance and clarify creative work. She also discusses bodily postures that support writing, how to set up the appropriate writing regimen, and how to discover one's own "learning personality."
In the tradition of such classics as Writing Down the Bones and If You Want to Write, One Continuous Mistake will help beginning writers gain access to their creative capabilities while serving as a perennial reference that working writers can turn to again and again for inspiration and direction.

One Continuous Mistake : Four Noble Truths for Writers

Sher, Gail

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Publishing Group

In a spiritual approach to the creative process, the author of One Continuous Mistake draws on classic Zen teachings to explain how to shape and sharpen one's perceptions of both one's own inner voice and that of the world around as one becomes involved with the language of one's daily life. Original.

The Intuitive Writer: Listening to Your Own Voice (Compass)

Religion & Spirituality

Penguin??Books

Twenty years since its first publication, From a Baker's Kitchen remains the very best single introduction to foolproof professional-quality home baking. Gail Sher—the first head baker of the celebrated Tassajara Bread Bakery in San Francisco—created more than 100 clear, foolproof, and wonderfully varied recipes, divided into two basic categories: yeasted breads, ranging from white breads to whole-wheat, rye and specialty-flour breads (including recipes for rolls and buns as well as loaves); and quick breads, covering corn breads, spoonbreads, biscuits, tea cakes, batter breads, gingerbread, and muffins. Sher also covers every ingredient: grains, leaveners, salt, liquids, shortening, eggs, and "embellishments"; equipment; and most originally, methods and principles of breadmaking, with a special discussion of her ingenious "sponge" method, which no less a baker than Rose Levy Beranbaum (The Bread Bible) has praised as crucial to her own understanding of bread baking—and which remains the most effective technique for creating flavorful bread. Over 100 drawings are also featured in this reset new edition of the all-in-one classic baking book.

From a Baker's Kitchen: Techniques and Recipes for Professional Quality Baking in the Home Kitchen

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Baking

Aris Books

Writing the Fire! offers writers a new and visionary practice: using yoga to release the body’s inner intelligence and then support, shape, and inform the creative process. Indeed, “writing is yoga,” declares Gail Sher, introducing the “writing asana”—an invaluable new tool for every writer’s routine. Her insightful and lyrical book, organized around eight thematic “immersions,” plumbs yoga’s wisdom heritage. As Donald Moyer, director of the Yoga Room in Berkeley, comments, “She encourages writers to approach their writing with the clarity and presence of yogis, and teaches yogis how to temper their awareness with the heat of words and images.” Writing the Fire! celebrates the fullest expression of our being.

Writing the Fire!: Yoga and the Art of Making Your Words Come Alive

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Three Rivers Press

From a Baker's Kitchen: Techniques & Recipes for Professional Quality Baking in the Home Kitchen

From a Baker's Kitchen: Techniques and Recipes for Professional-Quality Baking in the Home Kitchen

Bread Pudding Sweet and Savory (Aris Kitchen)

Addison-Wesley

Title: Birds of Celtic Twilight: A Novel in Verse Description: A novel in verse by Gail Sher, award-winning poet and teacher of writing as a practice,  author of One Continuous Mistake: Four Noble Truths for Writers (Penguin), The Intuitive Writer: Listening to Your Own Voice  (Penguin),  and Writing the Fire: Yoga and the Art of Making Your Words Come Alive (Random House/Bell Tower).

Birds Of Celtic Twilight: A Novel In Verse

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

Night Crane Pr

Title: redwind daylong daylong Description: Contemporary poetry based on ancient Chinese kanshi by Gail Sher, award-winning poet and teacher of writing as a practice,  author of One Continuous Mistake: Four Noble Truths for Writers (Penguin), The Intuitive Writer  (Penguin),  and Writing the Fire: Yoga and the Art of Making Your Words Come Alive (Random House/Bell).

Redwind Daylong Daylong

Poetry

Title: Once There Was Grass Description: Contemporary poetry based on ancient Chinese kanshi by Gail Sher, award-winning poet and teacher of writing as a practice, author of One Continuous Mistake: Four Noble Truths for Writers (Penguin), The Intuitive Writer (Penguin), and Writing the Fire: Yoga and the Art of Making Your Words Come Alive (Random House/Bell).

Once There Was Grass

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