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Literary Ladies Guide to the Writing Life serves as a beacon of inspiration to writers Author and artist Nava Atlas presents a treasury of intimate glimpses into the unfolding creative writing process across fifteen brilliant careers in womens literature and relates their stories to women writers of today Through their journals letters and diaries we get to know the struggles and triumphs of Louisa May Alcott Jane Austen Charlotte Bronte Gwendolyn Brooks Octavia E Butler Willa Cather Madeleine LEngle Edna Ferber Zora Neale Hurston LM Montgomery Anais Nin George Sand Harriet Beecher Stowe Edith Wharton and Virginia WoolfAtlass own insightful commentary newly updated lifts the curtain on these womens writing lives and provides reassuring tips and advice on such subjects as finding your voice selfdiscipline dealing with rejection money matters balancing family with the solitary writing process and more This guide will resonate with women writers in todays world at any stage of their journey