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VanderMeer provides an interesting and useful perspective on writing as both a process and a business. He breaks down everything from public appearances to controlling your image to managing your life to ensure continued writing time (and hopefully success) into bite-sized chunks. What I liked most about it was that it encouraged me to think outside the dreaded "box" in terms of some projects I'd like to be working on. It also got me thinking about how to restructure some of the ways that I'm handling writing time and other demands on my creativity and energy so I found it a very helpful read.

Granted, I'm also reading this book from the perspective of a writer and editor with three books out and one more on the way - I'm not sure what it would be like to read this as a writer just starting out. I could see the wealth of detail as being either overwhelming or inspirational, perhaps some of both. There's so much in here that I think it would be possible for any two readers to have a different range of experiences out of it. Recommended!