Rosalind Brackenburyhas written several novels and collections of poetry, including her latest novel Paris Still Life. She currently lives in Key West, Florida.
"The book is as timely as it is compelling since it illuminates the
perennial question: Can one learn to become a genius? While
Brackenbury is too honest to answer this (unanswerable) inquiry
definitively, her attempts are supple, fecund, engrossing. That her
voice is a charming mix of casual intelligence, erudition, and
striking lyricism makes her musings all the more captivating. With
clarity, brevity, insight, and wit, the text describes the
challenges and rewards of the writing life as well as offers
bracing advice for writers, ranging from 'read avidly' to 'pay
attention' to 'set a routine' to 'push to emotional extremes.'"
--Eric G. Wilson, author, My Business Is to Create
"With uncommon grace and wit, Rosalind Brackenbury investigates
Virginia Woolf's journey from Victorian daughter to great writer.
It takes a writer to truly see another writer's awakening, and
Brackenbury's gifts as a novelist and poet inform this telling of
'what happens inside the head and body of a writer'--that
irreducible alchemy. A necessary book."--Nancy Schoenberger,
author, Dangerous Muse: The Life of Lady Caroline Blackwood
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