Annie Dillard wrote about writing too. I don't know how good her book is. We went to the same high school, though not at the same time, and had the same wonderful English teacher, who taught me most of what I know about writing. I suspect she also taught Ms. Dillard, but Ms. Dillard wrote some very unkind things about her in her autobiography, "An American Childhood".

I've been collecting rejection letters for more than 30 years. You'd think I'd learn better by now. My sister told me last Christmas that I didn't need to write. She's mistaken.