Do not be fooled by the “One Week” portion of the title. This is a full-on, high-intensity writing workshop that can easily be stretched out over the course of several weeks. Each of the seven days is not simply a single activity, but rather multiple activities centered around that day's theme. And these exercises are not the basic writing prompts that many writing craft books offer. Rather, they are vehicles which encourage writers to engage all their senses—to think outside the box and to really be in the here and now—and then translate those thoughts, observations, and feelings into words.

This book is OLD. Very, very old. I was rather intimidating going into it, expecting it to be wordy and convoluted, like many classics, but it was a surprisingly quick read. For the most part, the writing is simple and straightforward. And the ideas proposed seem sound and logical.

Wowza! Illuminating and incredibly thought provoking. This book is a very detailed and scholarly examination of how biases, both conscious and unconscious, creep into one's writing when writing characters of a different identity. Prepare to become hyper aware of your own biases, even if you don't think you have any.

Yes! Yes! Yes! This book is packed with so much useful material. This is the nitty-gritty of self-publishing. It is everything you wanted to know, and everything you didn't know you needed to know, about publishing books independently.

This book is packed with information. It includes a short description of a whopping 50 different varieties of beans! It talks about different cooking methods. It includes a “The Bean Lovers Pantry” which helps you stock up your pantry with some great flavor companions.

This is such a great book. I read it once, probably close to twenty years ago, and loved it then. I'm kind of kicking myself for waiting so long to read it again, as it is one of those books that would be good to read yearly.

Packed with tons of information. This book is a great resource for people new to creative writing, as it hits on a lot of pertinent topics.

Oh my. Oh my. I love this book. The layout and the gorgeous pictures are perfectly atmospheric. The recipes all sound amazing. The spattering of haunted historical facts are fascinating. And there's even a “Haunted New Orleans Map” at the end of the book, with 40 different sites listed!

This book is a thoughtful examination of some of societies lesser known/practiced kinks. Slow and scholarly, with some excellent moments of social commentary.

A fun compilation of words games that really made me pause and think. I was fully immersed in the tasks, which I found to be a great stress reducer, as my mind was entirely focused on the task at hand. I mostly played around with the easy puzzles, which were fun and thought provoking. The hard ones I'll save for a day when I really want to challenge myself, because the hard puzzles are indeed hard.

First off, let me say that I love, love, love Halloween. So, upon seeing this book, I knew I had to have it! And it didn't disappoint.

Written from a transmasculine nonbinary perspective, this memoir is an exploration of what it means to grow up Black and queer. Very raw, authentic, and thought provoking, with an incredible amount of illuminating information, including a lot of good commentary on socially ascribed gender roles—with particular emphasis on Black expectations—and the difficulties involved in growing up/being trans.