| The Geek's Guide to the Writing Life: An Instructional Memoir for Prose Writers Contributor(s): Vanderslice, Stephanie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350023566 ISBN-13: 9781350023567 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $89.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - Literary Criticism - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Authorship |
| Dewey: 808.02 |
| LCCN: 2017010087 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.79 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The desire to create, to write, to fulfil our artistic dreams is a powerful human need. Yet the number of people who make a living solely by their pen is actually quite small. What does that mean for the rest of us, the self-described writing geeks, who are passionate about writing and who still want to sustain successful literary lives? What does it really mean to find time to build a rewarding writing life while pursuing a career, being a partner or raising a family, in the distracted, time-deprived, 21st-century? In The Geek's Guide to the Writing Life, based on her Huffington Post blog of the same name, Stephanie Vanderslice shares the secrets and tools to developing a successful, rewarding writing practice in a way that inspires the reader to persevere through the inevitable lows and even the highs of a literary life, so that anyone can pursue the path to realizing their artistic dreams. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vanderslice, Stephanie: - Stephanie Vanderslice is Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the Arkansas Writer's MFA Workshop at the University of Central Arkansas, USA and is the Chairperson of the Creative Writing Studies Organization. Her column, The Geek's Guide to the Writing Life appears regularly in the Huffington Post. She publishes fiction, nonfiction and creative writing criticism including Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught?: Resisting Lore in Creative Writing Pedagogy, Teaching Creative Writing to Undergraduates: A Guide and Sourcebook Rethinking Creative Writing. |