This book articulates things artists know in their being, but haven’t had words for—the beautiful complexity of what drives us to create and what we encounter when we do.
Patti Smith

Carey Wallace has genuine insight and wisdom into the creative process.
Christian Wiman

As an artist and creator, I feel like I’ve been waiting for this book my whole life.
Wayne Adams

I recommend this book to everyone.
BL Shirelle, co-executive director of Freer Records

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The Discipline of Inspiration

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The Blind Contessa’s New Machine

When Contessa Carolina Fantoni goes blind, her neighbor builds her the world’s first typewriter — and she discovers she can still see in her dreams.

Stories of the Saints

Stories of Adventure, Grace, and Courage.

Psalms of Wonder

Poems from the beloved Book of Songs.

The Ghost in the Glass House

A twelve-year-old girl falls in love with the ghost of a boy who can’t remember who he was before he died.

Bold and Inspiring Tales of Adventure, Grace, and Courage.

Seventy stories of the most beloved Christian saints, in chronological order that tells the story of the whole church from Polycarp, who knew the first apostles, to Mother Teresa, who lived in our own time.

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