The Girls in the Basement Celebration Book (A Writer's Guide to Joy)

Fans of Bird by Bird, The Artist’s Way, and Writing Down the Bones will find inspiration in multi-award winning novelist Barbara Samuel’s Girls in the Basement series. First published in a private, published-only writers' organization newsletter, these columns are available to the public for the first time.

Come celebrate the eccentricities, the craziness, the delight and the sorrows in every writer's life. These upbeat essays delve into all aspects of the writing life, from the body to the work to mentors.


“I have numerous Barbara Samuel quotes taped up over my computer to inspire me. Nobody knows the writer's heart or the artist's soul better than Barbara Samuel”

~Teresa Medeiros, New York Times bestselling author of GOODNIGHT TWEETHEART