Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582973237 ISBN 13: 9781582973234

Publisher: Writers Digest Books, 2004

Synopsis

Presents a collection of Peanuts comic strips that revolve around writers and the art of writing along with advice and insights from such authors as Elmore Leonard, Elizabeth George, Sue Grafton, Ray Bradbury, Julia Child, and Danielle Steel. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Monte Schulz is the son of "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz. Barnaby Conrad is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. He runs the Santa Barbara Writer's Conference, where Charles Schulz spoke every year for more than 20 years. Both Monte and Barnaby live in Los Angeles, California.

From Library Journal:

Using the many Snoopy "at the typewriter" strips as jumping-off points, 30 famous writers as disparate as Ray Bradbury, Elmore Leonard, Budd Shulberg, Dominick Dunne, Danielle Steele, and Sue Grafton have written short pep talks, amusing anecdotes, or just useful advice to would-be writers based on their own experiences. Witty and charming, the essays offer much creative and practical wisdom. But the highlight of the book is the touching foreword by Charles Schulz's son, Monte, who offers some striking insights into his father's life, giving the reader a glimpse of the legendary cartoonist as a reader as well as a writer. Editor Conrad (The Complete Guide to Writing Fiction) also contributes an insightful introduction to this collection, which is an inspiring homage to Schulz that will appeal to all writers and aspiring writers as well as to fans of the late Peanuts creator. Highly recommended.
Herbert E. Shapiro, Empire State Coll., SUNY, Rochester
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About this edition

• Publisher: Writers Digest Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1582973237
• ISBN 13: 9781582973234
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188
• Editor: Conrad Barnaby, Schulz Monte