Damn the Rejections, Full Speed Ahead: The Bumpy Road to Getting Published - Hardcover

Wills, Maralys

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1932173927 ISBN 13: 9781932173925

Publisher: Stephens Pr Llc, 2008

Synopsis

A treasure trove of sage advice for the new writer packaged in easy to digest and fun to read anecdotes. Damn the Rejections, Full Speed Ahead offers real world suggestions for writing novels or non-fiction and turning them into not only saleable, but bestseller works.Maralys Wills, creative-writing teacher and author of twelve books in many genres, shares from her own experience the dos and don'ts of getting published.

About this title

About the Author:

Maralys Wills has published twelve books, raisedsix children and "lucked into the world's bestteaching job."Educated at Stanford and UCLA, she teaches novel-writing on the college level, and in 2000 was named Teacher of the Year. Her most challenging project, a poignant memoir titled Higher Than Eagles, became her greatest triumph, garnering excellent reviews and fivemovie options.

Review:

Who would believe a how-to book that's a page turner? Maralys Wills pulls it off with a compelling narrative arc that propels a wealth of do-able info for the reader-writer. Building the romantic scene, developing characters, writing the query letter, marketing and more. It's all here in wisdom gleaned from years of writing triumph, and, most important, failure. Wills' experience as a "genre-hopper" uniquely equips her to speak with authority to writers of fiction, non-fiction and memoirs. Refusing to settle for a do-this/do-that exposition, Wills also demonstrates the writers' first commandment, "Show, don't tell," with rich writing, elegant similes and metaphors, drama and even suspense. It's a realistic book, an honest book that allows readers to learn from each step and mis-step, each revision, rejection--and advance check. "Getting published," she declares, "is a matter of attitude." And her own attitude shines in her determination never to give up, her willingness to revise again and again, and her chutzpah in staging a party for editors and sending out 137 query letters for one book. Best of all, it's an attitude of warmth and encouragement to every writer, from novice to professional.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stephens Pr Llc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1932173927
• ISBN 13: 9781932173925
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 241