The Career Novelist is like having your own personal literary agent on your bookshelf!
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Required Reading for Writers:
Why buy this book? What makes it different from all the other books on writing? Donald Maass is a successful literary agent who knows writing and publishing. What he has to say about the importance of fiction echoes my own thoughts: that it's a way of understanding ourselves and the world around us and that the world needs storytellers. "In our world of dislocation, of declining institutions, it is imperative that the values that bind us together be reaffirmed." He asserts that the solo storyteller can show... more info
The world of Big Business Publishing, warts and all:
This is not your typical "how to become a writer" book. It is not aimed at the novice scribbler who is certain he/she will be the next J.K. Rowlings. It is for those who have already proven their skill as a writer but want to know more of the hard and sometimes depressing facts about the business end of writing. With 50,000 titles being published every year, bookstores simply don't have the shelf space to accomodate them all. That fact results in a competitive mindset that makes a term like... more info
EXCELLENT BOOK FOR A WRITER'S HEAD:
I want to thank Mr. Maass for writing a book that is both compassionate and insightful of a beginning writer's state of mind at the start of his or her career. Being three quarters through my first novel, my thoughts turn with trepidation toward breaking through the vaunted paper wall that stands between every writer and their dream. Mr. Maass strikes the perfect balance between pragmatism and encouragement. He deals not only with the dreams and motivations of writers, but also reveals the realities that... more info
An Enlightening Visit with a Literary Expert:
I've read a number of books by agents, but none of them have focused on the needs, expectations, hopes, and mistakes of the fiction writer like this book does. Donald Maass is a triple publishing expert: a former editor, a published fiction author, and a successful literary agent. Reading the book, I felt like I had been introduced to my long lost uncle by marriage to my second cousin, who, upon learning of my interest in the publishing world, freely shared all his expertise. While dining at his favorite... more info
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