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description: No seriously hes not f**king around you really dont want to be a writer. But if youre mad enough to decide that you do Wendig will be your gonzo-esque guide from the technical advice about structure query letters and submissions to dealing with agents and editors and how to make your characters do as theyre damn well told hes full of good advice. Like a cursing booze-soaked Virgil to your Dante let him show you around.Buy this book your editor will thank you.-- Jenni Hill Editor Solaris BooksWant to become a novelist? A screenwriter? An all-around freelance penmonkey? Dont know the difference between beats scenes sequences and acts? Not sure where to begin your edit or how to query an agent or what liquor goes best with the madness of being a writer? Then CONFESSIONS OF A FREELANCE PENMONKEY is all yours.CONFESSIONS is a collection of 50 essays on the subject of writing and the writing life. It covers a wide array of subjects from technical advice to discussions of publishing versus self-publishing to what to do if you wake up pantsless and ink-stained in the basement of a Tijuana bookstore. Equal parts hilarious insane profane and profound CONFESSIONS will take you through the many trials and tribulations of the penmonkeys moonbat existence offering advice every step of the way.Features popular TERRIBLEMINDS essays: Beware of WriterDrop That Pen Grab A Hammer: Building The Writers PlatformExposing Yourself: Do You Write For Free?No Seriously Im Not F**king Around You Really Dont Want To Be A WriterThe Penmonkeys Paean Why Your Novel Wont Get PublishedWhy You Wont Finish That NovelAnd more!(TERRIBLEMINDS has been named one of the top 101 websites for writers by WRITERS DIGEST magazine!)What others have said:Chuck Wendig has done what so many authors desperately need and will never admit: offered a phenomenal book about the real world of writing and made it reachable and readable by anyone. An absolute must-read for anyone even thinking of dabbling with words for a living.-- Karina Cooper Author of Blood of the WickedChuck Wendig's Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey is full of the kind of writing advice I wish I'd gotten in school. Practical brutally honest and done with the kind of humor that will make it stick in your brain. Whether you're a veteran writer or new to the craft you'll find something useful in here. Plus he says f**k a lot so you know there's that.-- Stephen Blackmoore author of City of the LostIn Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey Chuck Wendig hammers out writing and career advice that's always brave profane creative clever and honest. And don't forget hilarious. You'll never laugh so hard learning so much. -- Matt Forbeck game designer and author of Vegas KnightsWhen a writer hits cynical drunken mother-hugging rock bottom that's when they need Chuck Wendig's raw no-holds barred advice. This is not for the faint of heart. But then again neither is writing.-- Mur Lafferty host of ISBW (I Should Be Writing) podcast editor of Escape Pod author of Playing For KeepsDespite being irreverent vulgar and funny Chuck Wendig is also surprisingly profound. From one wordslinger about another Chuck is the real deal and every prospective or working writer should read Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey. Hell the Writer's Prayer alone is worth the price of admission.-- Jennifer Brozek Author of The Little Finance Book That Could If you want to be a better writer or just want to be inspired by one of the best takes on writing Ive ever read do yourself a favor and buy Confessions.-- Daniel Ames author of Feasting at the Table of the Damned
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title: Confessions of a Freelance Penmonkey
publisher: Terribleminds