Blogger , writer and creativity guru Kim Werker published Make it Mighty Ugly: Exercises & Advice for Getting Creative Even When it ain't Pretty (Sasquatch Books $18.95) to help creative types quell their fears and vanquish their creative demons -- such as self-doubt, perfectionism, fear of failure and procrastination.

Kim Werker is the author of several crochet books and she is a co-host of Knitting Daily TV. She also teaches hands-on and discussion-based Mighty Ugly workshops. The former editor of Interweave Crochet magazine and the founder of CrochetMe.com, Kim writes for various magazines such as Crochet Today, Knit.I, and Yarn Market News. She lives in Vancouver.

BOOKS

Make it Mighty Ugly: Exercises & Advice for Getting Creative Even When it ain't Pretty (Sasquatch Books, 2014) $18.95 978-1-57061-914-4

[BCBW 2014]