RECOMMENDED READING
FOR WRITING ACROSS BORDERS AND CULTURES

A LIST BY C.M. MAYO

The handout for C.M. Mayo's remarks
for the panel "Writing Across Borders and Cultures"
Women Writing the West Annual Conference,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 15, 2016..

Read the transcript of my talk:
"On Seeing as an Artist: Five Techniques for a Journey to Einfühling"

MEGA BIG PICTURE

Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

Crawford, Matthew B. The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction.

Duffy, Patricia Lynne. Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How Synesthetes Color Their World.

Said, Edward. Orientalism.

Scarry, Elaine. Dreaming by the Book.

 

ON CRAFT

Edwards, Betty. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.

Ricco, Gabriele Lusser. Writing the Natural Way.

Smith, Pamela Jaye. Inner Drives: How to Write and Create Characters Using the Eight Classic Centers of Motivation.

Zinsser, William, ed. They Went: The Art and Craft of Travel Writing.

 

ON PROCESS / PUSHING PAST RESISTANCE

Baum, Kenneth. The Mental Edge: Maximize Your Sports Potential with the Mind-Body Connection.

Pressfield, Steven. The War of Art: Winning the Creative Battle.

 

P.S. Gigazoodles more recommended reading at my writing workshop page (on tips, on craft, process, editing, publishing, and more).