Published: July 24, 2011
Words: 7,312 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466112049

Short description

Nine authors with more than 25 published books between them offer countless insights to help your writing leave a mark. These candid author interviews speak to overcoming self doubt, triumphing over writer's block, mastering the editing process, and more. With Kelly O'Connor McNees, Jim Ottaviani, Rachael Herron, Rhonda Stapleton, Sarah Quigley, Josh Berk, Helen Ellis, Eileen Cook, L. Zielin.

Extended description

Nine authors with more than 25 published books between them offer countless insights to help your writing leave a mark.

These candid author interviews speak to overcoming self doubt, triumphing over writer's block, mastering the editing process, learning to trust your literary instincts, and more. The raw authenticity will encourage and inspire other writers. If they can do it, so can you.

Featuring Kelly O'Connor McNees, Jim Ottaviani, Rachael Herron, Rhonda Stapleton, Sarah Quigley, Josh Berk, Helen Ellis, Eileen Cook, and Lara Zielin.

Tags

writing, publishing, how to, agent, editing, advice, writing advice, publishing industry, writing guide, editing a book, jim ottaviani, rachael herron

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Review by: Kat Hagedorn on Feb. 16, 2012 :
I'll preface this by saying that I am not really a writer. That is, I blog, and that can't possibly be considered true writing! However, I was very intrigued by this quick read about potential problems that writers can run into as they are writing and hoping to be published. Written by writers themselves!

The style of the book is refreshing in its lack of pretention. Almost every short little essay is told from the writer's heart, and is designed to help alleviate the basic fears, motivational concerns, and publishing wormholes that some writers can fall prey to.

Each essay discusses a different aspect of the writing world. At least one essay was a little scary in its discussion of how to organize a book (making it sound like there was zero room for creativity and that everything should be cookie cutter; yuck!), but by far, the focus of each writer's tale is encouragement. Every new writer should run out and buy this for that alone.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: M.H. Mead on July 29, 2011 :
There are a lot of books for writers out there. Some of them are about craft. Some tell you how to seek publication. Some are about living a writer’s life. This book is different. It doesn’t tell you how to be an author. This book assumes you already know that. The essays by nine (mostly YA) authors discuss forks and bumps in the road, and what the author did to solve that problem. Editor Lara Zielin has assembled a broad range of essays. The writers talk about everything from measuring success to writing a second novel to self publishing without ever talking down to the beginning writer. You get the feeling that this is what writers REALLY talk about when they talk to other writers. I’m glad that Ms. Zielin let us listen in on the conversation.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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