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Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer
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"The Artist's Way" for Secular Materialists.
Heavy on instruction and light on inspiration, this HOWTO book made me feel like I was reading a textbook. Non-fiction should be informative, but it should also be fun to read. This book was informative, but man was it a slog to get through.
There's an enormous amount of helpful information in this book, which is why I'm giving it 3/5, but Jeff could have used some of his fiction chops to enliven the seemingly endless series of bullet points and glossary descriptions. The anecdotes from other writers sprinkled throughout the text make Jeff's dry tone strikingly apparent.
This might make a good reference book to have on your shelves, but I would not say it was a pleasure to read.
Heavy on instruction and light on inspiration, this HOWTO book made me feel like I was reading a textbook. Non-fiction should be informative, but it should also be fun to read. This book was informative, but man was it a slog to get through.
There's an enormous amount of helpful information in this book, which is why I'm giving it 3/5, but Jeff could have used some of his fiction chops to enliven the seemingly endless series of bullet points and glossary descriptions. The anecdotes from other writers sprinkled throughout the text make Jeff's dry tone strikingly apparent.
This might make a good reference book to have on your shelves, but I would not say it was a pleasure to read.
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January 25, 2010
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January 25, 2010
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January 31, 2010
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