The Nasty Little Writing Book
Subtitle: Longtime New York Publishing Insider Reveals Secrets Only Best-Selling Authors Know
Contributors: D. W. St.John
Publisher: Poison Vine Books
Published: September 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780965840781
Subjects: Publishing; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Literary Collections; Literature: Classics; Authorship; Composition & Creative Writing - General; General
Description: The book Publisher's Weekly called "Hilarious!"
<br>At last, the dirty little secrets of making it as a best-selling author revealed
by long-time New York publishing insider!
<br>The book that will turn you into a best-selling author—guaranteed!
Or five times your money back!
<br>This bitingly satirical tome—chockablock with lies as it is—offers more truth than any dozen ordinary how-to-be-published books.
<br>•The secrets of ‘bonding’ with new york editors.
<br>•Mistakes made by ‘hack’ writers.
<br>•How to know when your muse is calling.
<br>•Which writers to read and which to avoid.
<br>•How watching tv can be your doorway to success.
<br>•Why literary agents want to ‘discover’ you.
<br>•How to write a best-selling novel without revising.
<br>•What plots are ‘winners.’
<br>•What plots are ‘losers.’
<br>•Why ‘names’ are published more often than ‘unknowns.’
<br>•How to know what to write about.
<br>•Why clichés deserve a place in the author’s toolbox.
<br>•What genre is ripe for ‘breaking in.’
<br>•Why not to ‘write what you know.’
<br>•Why being published is just the beginning.
<br>•Handling fame and wealth.
<br>•How to treat fans.