The Writing Life by Annie Dillard #joyce if I were not here

if I were not here

absent father and empty friendships to spend the summer in the Scottish Highlands with her eccentric Aunt Agnes and stern little cousin

it is only the Fates can keep him alive

practical guidance

Mrs Chesterfield

The Writing Life by Annie Dillard #joyce if I were not hereHow do you prepare yourself, all alone, to enter an extraordinary state on an ordinary morning? In The Writing Life, Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Dillard offers up her own trials in the pursuit of inspiration: the absurdity, the fierce determination and the sacrifices (warm feet; gainful employment; peace of mind). Her perennial guide, which wrestles with the hubris and insanity of the creative process, has been an inspiration and a comfort to