Publish this book
Subtitle: the (incredible, hilarious, heartwrenching, unbelievable, and) completely (mostly) true story of how I wrote, got published, and (hopefully) sold a memoir about nothing
By: by Stephen Markley.
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Naperville, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781402229350
Subjects: Authorship -- Humor
Genres: Humor
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The gist; title: Where to begin; title: Chicago-based freelance writer; title: The parts of this book that belong in the toilet; title: Nick hornby must be in this book; title: Forget this book; title: Autobiographical digression #1: leaving behind the skin from your knees; title: How to get rejected; title: And in the meantime life goes on; title: Chicago cold; title: And the good news?; title: The call; title: Autobiographical digression #2: confessions of a campus firebrand; title: Whose opinion counts; title: Please don't fact-check this chapter; title: Expansive, self-critical, honest, jumpy, surprising, self-confident, cynical, smart, and very, very funny; title: Wrong-headed, condescending toward the reader, self-involved, and unintentionally revealing; title: Never start a story with dialogue; title: The chapter I called 'Wildheart'; title: The footnotes; title: So you know what happens with this book; title: Autobiographical digression #3: why we write; title: This book, published.