Book description
Winner of the 18th Annual National Indie Excellence Award in Writing & Publishing
Finalist of the 2024 International Book Award in Nonfiction: Creative CategoryMillions of Suns is an open invitation for all writers to create something new. Each chapter features a pair of essays-in-dialogue between two working artists, Sharon…
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1 author picked Millions of Suns as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The title captivated me.
Then, page by page, the content courted me with insightful and inspiring essays. I’ve read many craft books. This brilliant and eloquent gem is my absolute favorite. Chapter by chapter, Benner Dixon and McDermott’s personal essays reveal craft—not as how-to, but rather through inference, story, and metaphor.
In the chapter on memory, they speak of how memories linger, betray us, and befriend us to be better. Consciously or unconsciously, our memories influence our writing in the best of ways, as memories are held in our bodies and in our hearts. And when we write from the…
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