Words I Wish I Wrote

Before giving the book, Words I Wish I Wrote by Robert Fulghum, to a friend, I had read parts of it and realized that I had loved it. The book is actually a collection of works of fellow writers, from Camus to Kafka, which have inspired him.

In the spirit of Fulghum's book, here's a list of some blogs I try to regularly catch up on -- words that I almost always wish that I wrote:

http://milemarkers.runnersworld.com/ -- Blog of Kristin Armstrong, ex-wife of Lance Armstrong. Runner. Writer. Mother. More than the actual running (esp since I'm more of a non-runner), I love this blog for her insights on the discipline & freedom that running brings, on writing, on womanhood and on relationships.

http://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/index.html -- Blog of Paulo Coehlo, famous author of The Alchemist, among others. This blog, I read slowly, so that I savor the richness of his analogies and their profound meaning.

http://loislowry.typepad.com/lowry_updates/ -- Blog of Lois Lowry, author of books like The Giver, Gathering Blue, and Messenger, to name a few. I like her blog because aside from giving you a peek at a writer's thinking, it's so "everyday" (i.e real and honest).

http://www.robertfulghum.com/ - Blog of Robert Fulghum. If you follow his works, I'm sure you'd love this blog. And if you haven't started, reading this will make you want to get any of his available books (normally out of stock!) in the next bookstore you see. Enough said.