%%USERNAME%%    %%ACCWORDS%% %%ONOFF%% |
ID #108830 |
Amazon's Price: $ 22.99
|
||
| ||||||||||
Summary of this Book... | ||
The author of First Blood, as well as many other thrillers, writes about his career, but not only his career: he offers advice on writing and what to do after the book is written. | ||
This type of Book is good for... | ||
Authors who are learning the craft and authors who are working on marketing will both get something from this book. | ||
I especially liked... | ||
There was a lot of inside info here I haven't found elsewhere, such as the reality of bestsellers lists and the economics of a writing life. | ||
I didn't like... | ||
There were times he contradicted himself and it could have used better editing to correct these errors. | ||
When I finished reading this Book I wanted to... | ||
I sent it to my niece who is a beginning writer so she would know some of these facts from the beginning. | ||
Further Comments... | ||
This is definitely worth the price of the book and the time invested in reading it. It is easy to read and follow, and still quite helpful. | ||
Interested in buying this? Support Writing.Com by making your purchase of Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft
 from Amazon.Com!
Created Feb 28, 2007 at 7:22pm •
Submit your own review...
| ||
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
