Writers and Their Notebooks

Some of the material in this volume has appeared previously:

Reginald Gibbons, “My Own Particular Custom,” © Reginald Gibbons, reprinted by permission, appeared in an earlier version in Sheila Bender, ed., The Writer’s Journal: 40 Contemporary Writers and Their Journals, Delta, 1997.

Sue Grafton, “The Use of the Journal in Writing the Private Eye Novel,” was previously published in Writing the Private Eye Novel: A Handbook, edited by Robert J. Randisi, published by Writers Digest Books in 1997, used with permission of the author.

Diana M. Raab, “Use Journaling to Spark Your Writing,” first appeared in The Writer (October 2007).

Peter Selgin, “Keeping Up with the Days,” was published in Cincinnati Review (Winter 2008).

Cloth and paperback editions published by the University of South Carolina Press, 2010
Ebook edition published in Columbia, South Carolina,
by the University of South Carolina Press, 2018

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print editions as follows:

Writers and their notebooks / edited by Diana M. Raab.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-57003-865-5 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-57003-866-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Authors, American—20th century—Diaries. 2. Authors, American—20th century—Biography. 3. Authorship. I. Raab, Diana, 1954–

PS129.W738 2010

808'.06692—dc22

2009029723

ISBN 978-1-61117-993-4 (ebook)