Supplies: A Pilot's Manual to Creative Flight
In creativity guru Julia Cameron's latest offering, the topic is  "psychic dreadnaughts." These are people and experiences that attempt to ground  your creative flights of fancy by telling you that your concepts are wrong,  crazy, half-baked, or downright stupid. This workbook--an aid to Cameron's  bestselling bookThe Artist's  Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity--gives you the weapons to use  in pushing past these common roadblocks.With humorous, clever language and fanciful line drawings, Cameron describes the  dreadnaughts you might encounter on your creative journey, from Worrywarts (who  try to put a damper on your enthusiasm) to Bad Fairies (who try to bring you  down a peg to their level) to Tokyo Roses (who try to make you doubt yourself).  She also details the many situations that can bump you off your flight path,  such as the Wall (which you're bound to smash into about two-thirds of the way  through a project and which tells you your work is so bad you should just  abandon it).As in her previous works, Cameron provides plenty of exercises to get your  creative juices flowing and fight off dreadnaughts. And she again advocates  "morning writings"--jotting down three pages of longhand musings each day--to  clear your head, keep your creative trajectory in mind, and identify potential  obstacles and allies.If you lovedThe Artist's Way, you'll find this book to be a delightful  companion volume, filled with a vast array of creative and spiritual insights.--Nancy Monson