In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have been astonished by how few people -- people who supposedly want to write -- read books, and if they read them, how little they examine them.

Goldberg is a teacher who lives in Santa Fe New Mexico. Natalie Goldberg (born 1948) is an American popular New Age author and speaker She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice. Her 2013 book The True Secret of Writing is a follow-up to that work.

Natalie Goldberg (born 1948) is an American popular New Age author and speaker She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as Zen practice. Her 2013 book The True Secret of Writing is a follow-up to that work.