C.C. Russell

Reclaim Your Author Career is the insightful guide you’ve been looking for to build a writing life that fits like a glove, brings you the satisfaction you’ve dreamed of, and empowers you to create a life worth celebrating. If you like individualized advice, fresh storytelling strategies, and deeper self-knowledge, then you’ll love Claire Taylor’s revolutionary approach to unlocking the creative life you deserve.

Dying alone in the dark is the easy way out of Forest Creek. But psychologist Maureen “Mo” Yamaguchi refuses to take her secrets to the grave and this may be just the opportunity she needs—if she doesn’t die first. Naked and afraid, Mo forces herself through the cold dark forest, contemplating her next move. It will take much more than a fierce intellect to survive the night at Forest Creek. “Forest Creek never pauses for breath. It seethes and shoves you off the edge, down dark mountains, and through merciless cold, until the bitter yet perfect end.” “Unforgettable characters...

It’s been the year from hell for Jessica Williams. Her cheating husband not only bankrupted them—he’s been indicted. Now the rat bastard has disappeared. Thank God for Nana. Jess couldn’t survive without the old woman’s wisdom and brutal honesty. But when her beloved Nana is arrested and held responsible for the largest mass murder in Calaveras County history Jess suspects her husband may be one of Nana’s latest victims. As the oldest inmate at the cramped county jail, Nana also holds the honor of being the only suspected serial killer ever housed there. With her life hanging by...

In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, best-selling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more.