Get ready to believe in your dreams again。 Beautiful Writers is brilliant， unlike any writing book I've ever read。 I wish I'd had it when I was a journalist on weekly deadlines。 Part page-turning writing memoir， part in-the-trenches advice from your favorite writers （many of whom are friends of the author or guests of her Beautiful Writers Podcast）， the stories from start to finish blew me away。 They're intimate and raw and hilarious and loaded with insider tips: high vibe without being spiritua Get ready to believe in your dreams again。 Beautiful Writers is brilliant， unlike any writing book I've ever read。 I wish I'd had it when I was a journalist on weekly deadlines。 Part page-turning writing memoir， part in-the-trenches advice from your favorite writers （many of whom are friends of the author or guests of her Beautiful Writers Podcast）， the stories from start to finish blew me away。 They're intimate and raw and hilarious and loaded with insider tips: high vibe without being spiritually bypass-y， if you will。 It is sharply （as hell） written。 WORLD-CLASS。I was lucky enough to be an early reader of this book and started it before bed and had a hard time putting it down。 I was laughing out loud and saying YES in many spots right away。 The stories are SO inspiring。 （I had excellent dreams that felt like the universe was conspiring to bring me success。） Linda is a trusted and reliable narrator — she quickly and graciously establishes her friendliness and authority。 And I'm not even talking about the fab celebrity author quotes yet！ And how she weaves them in。 Amazing！I know the author's work well--having been to one of her writing retreats and as a longtime contributing member of her Beautiful Writers Group membership。 But Linda spends so much time helping all of us writers in her community that she rarely makes herself the focus。 I had no idea all wisdom and hilarity she's been saving for this book！ And not just funny stuff to be funny （I suffer from that sometimes; reeling it in）。 But truly just perfectly naturally funny in the right places and related to the storyline。 I love how Linda weaves in her own story with her interviewees， all somehow relatable， even when fantastical。 Her story is different enough from the celebs that when she breaks away to do their quotes， it doesn't take me out of her story。 Their quotes are fantastic （grab your highlighters！）， so I'm not mad to break away for a few， but I'm excited to get back to it。 I didn't feel that I wanted to jump ahead， though， which can happen in many books with multiple points of view。 I don't know how Linda accomplished this balance/magic， but it totally works。 Major BRAVA！ （It brings to mind a Brian Wilson harmony — it seems perfectly natural until you try singing along with that shit yourself， and then you're like WHOA。 Mastery。）Most of all， this book continues to inspire me while I work on the next draft of my own book！ Even in its beta reading stage， Beautiful Writers worked the magic it was meant to work。 How lucky am I to get to receive that magic？！ By the end of the book （which， incidentally， gets better as you go）， I was bowled over。 The magical twists and turns and the payoff for her delays and setbacks and hard work and missteps made the ending cheer-worthy。 I can't wait for writers everywhere to have this book in their hands。 I love the hashtag ideas at the end， too， to connect writers through their own books and processes。There's a reason I almost always say NO to being an early reader。 But everything in my body said YES to beta reading this title， and I'm so happy I did。 Except now， Beautiful Writers has ruined me for all other beta reading。 ;-） 。。。more