For Writing
Books
Creative Nonfiction Craft Books
- Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Nonfiction, by Dinty Moore
- Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir, by Sue William Silverman
- Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir, by William Zinsser
- Tell it Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction, by Brenda Miller & Suzanne Paola
- Writing About Your Life, William Zinsser
Writing Tools
- 750words.com, private online journal & personal writing statistics
- Scrivener, advanced project management software for writers
Feedback-Focused Writing Workshops
- Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Ripton, Vermont
- Community of Writers, Lake Tahoe, California
- Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver, Colorado
- Literary Kitchen, online
- Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Sewanee Tennessee
- Tin House Workshops, Oregon (summer & winter)
- VCFA Postgraduate Writers’ Conference, Montpelier, Vermont
- Writing by Writers, Tomales Bay, California (& elsewhere)
Writing Community In Sacramento
- The Sacramento Poetry Center & Tule Review
- Shut Up & Write, weekly writing meet-ups
- Stories on Stage, monthly series of fiction read by actor
For Depression & Multiple Sclerosis
Books
- The Autoimmune Epidemic, by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
- The Candida Cure, by Ann Boroch
- Healing Multiple Sclerosis, by Ann Boroch
- How to Manage Depression Without Drugs, by Janna Marlies Maron
- The Ultra Mind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First, by Mark Hyman
Products & Tools
For Personal Development & Education
Books
- Cooked, by Michael Pollan
- In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan
- The Rise of the Creative Class, by Richard Florida
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi
- The War of Art, by Stephen Pressfield