`No Mentor but Myself'
Subtitle: Jack London on Writing and WritersSecond Edition
Contributors: Dale Walker (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: December 20, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780804736350
Subjects: Other prose: from c 1900 -; London, Jack,; American - General; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; USA; Literary Collections / American / General; London, Jack; 1876-1916; Authorship
First sentence: Here, on the eve of his first great triumphs-the Atlantic's publication of "An Odyssey of the North" (January, 1900) and Houghton Mifflin's publication of his first book, The Son of the Wolf (April, 1900)-Jack London sounds some familiar notes of advice to the aspiring writer: develop a philosophy of life, put a stamp of "self" on your work, have something to say, use your time wisely, learn how to read, how to absorb and discard.