{"product_id":"bushwhacking-how-to-get-lost-in-the-woods-and-write-your-way-out-paperback-1","title":"Bushwhacking: How to Get Lost in the Woods and Write Your Way Out - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer McGaha\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you stray from a trail and strike out into the woods, you are bushwhacking. The term implies a physical thrashing about--pushing past branches, slicing through thickets, leaping across downed trees--but it also implies a certain fortitude and resilience to seek places unknown. In \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBushwhacking\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Jennifer McGaha borrows the term, likening it to what writers do when faced with the equally daunting blank page. Exploring the wilderness of your inner life means leaving a relatively comfortable place and going where no path exists. Writers face similar, unknown obstacles when forging a route to a final draft. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart writing memoir, part nature memoir, and part meditation on a life well lived, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBushwhacking\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e draws on McGaha's experiences running, hiking, biking, paddling, and getting lost across the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina to offer readers encouragement and practical suggestions to accompany them on their writing and life journeys. Each essay links one of McGaha's forays into the wilderness to an insight about the creative process. An almost-failed attempt at zip lining becomes a lesson on getting out of one's comfort zone. The thrum of a hummingbird's wings, an autumn sunset, and a hound dog's bay at a bear on the path are impromptu master classes in finding inspiration in the small, the ordinary, and the unexpected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith humility, humor, and hard-won wisdom, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBushwhacking\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ehonors writing craft traditions and offers fresh insights into how close communion with nature can transform your writing and your life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer McGaha\u003c\/b\u003e has taught creative nonfiction and memoir writing for more than twenty years, currently at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eFlat Broke with Two Goats\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBitter Southerner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrevity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCHEAP POP\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLumina\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePANK\u003c\/i\u003e, the C\u003ci\u003ehronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePassengers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHerStry\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A native of Appalachia, McGaha lives in western North Carolina with her husband, two cats, six unruly dogs, ten relatively tame dairy goats, and an ever-changing number of hens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52464963977523,"sku":"9781595349811","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cmtzOW1iUnhMZi9qRW1TZFoxT2kydz09_4acdd6a6-58a2-409e-a9a7-c093bba6c868.webp?v=1759269402","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/bushwhacking-how-to-get-lost-in-the-woods-and-write-your-way-out-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}