Pioneering Book Blazes New Trails for Journal Writers

   When authors Rosalie Deer Heart (www.rosaliedeerheart.com) and Alison Strickland met twenty years ago, they captured the encounter in their respective journals. Never did they dream that one day in the future, while lounging together by Alison's shady Florida poolside, they would begin culling pearls of wisdom from their combined forty years of journal writing.

   Harvesting Your Journals: Writing Tools to Enhance Your Growth & Creativity-the extraordinary result of their collaboration-shows how journals can map the themes, along with the twists and turns, of a life. Follow the simple suggestions and not only will hidden patterns of old emerge as inspiration for the future but unrealized dreams may soon "show up" in reality. Chapter after chapter provides a guiding light through the labyrinth of past experience for anyone who has ever kept a personal journal or diary.

   Deer Heart and Strickland have organized their harvesting recommendations carefully and demonstrated each one with remarkable candor. Four sections, entitled "Entering the Fields," "Reaping the Succulence," "Bundling the Sheaves," and "Celebrating the Bounties," guide readers into-and out of-the intimate domains revealed in their writing. Dozens of practical techniques help "harvesters" get the most juice possible from their recorded thoughts and feelings. For times when resistance to returning to the past pops up, hands-on tips provide preventive measures, enabling even the most discouraged readers to glean wisdom from the paths they have taken.

   Harvesting Your Journals is an excellent resource to be used at any stage of journaling. Best of all, it is designed to spur on personal growth, assisting some in discovering their own still, small voice in a world bombarded by media opinion; guiding others in compiling their memoirs for family and friends; and encouraging still others to become published writers.

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