Wordsmithy: Hot Tips for the Writing Life
Aspiring writers do not need another pandering, pat-on-the-back, feel-good writer's manual. They don't need any more cheap promises for zero-to-bestseller surefire success. What they need is something with no-nonsense substance, and Douglas Wilson offers it inWordsmithy.Quick, punchy, and immensely wise,Wordsmithyis a cut-to-the-chase collection of important and sometimes unexpected tips for the writing life. --Brett McCracken, author,Hipster Christianity: When Church & Cool CollideThis book just nails what it takes to be a writer. And it isn't just a matter of being a sensitive creative soul. A writer needs to live in the actual world, to "read the kind of stuff you wish you could write," and to love language. This book embodies what it preaches in its practicality, in how funny and fun to read it is, and in the way its words dance through the mind. --Gene Edward Veith, Provost and Professor of Literature, Patrick Henry CollegeWordsmithyis funny, memorable, and full of thought-provoking advice. --Credo Magazine,August 2012