Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book
by Courtney Maum
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Everything you've ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask is right here in this funny, candid guide by acclaimed author Courtney Maum.Tags
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Brilliant, funny, brutally honest. If you're at all anxious or confused about the querying and publishing process, I would highly recommend as it's full of a comprehensive breakdown and lots of practical tips not only for surviving publication, Submission, querying, and writing, but for keeping your shit together whether things are going badly or very well (both have challenges and pressures and disappointments).
In addition to her own input there is a lot of detail from editors, other writers, and many useful anecdotes from all sorts of publishing staff, eg publicists and booksellers.
I found this book by listening to the Track Changes podcast, a podcast series of 10 episodes or so that will dismantle the trade publishing world and show more discusses your favorite (lol) industry in depth. show less
In addition to her own input there is a lot of detail from editors, other writers, and many useful anecdotes from all sorts of publishing staff, eg publicists and booksellers.
I found this book by listening to the Track Changes podcast, a podcast series of 10 episodes or so that will dismantle the trade publishing world and show more discusses your favorite (lol) industry in depth. show less
there is a lot of practical, useful advice here for someone who is looking to become a professional novelist. some of it may be a bit biased, but it felt thought out and honest. the tone is light and accessible.
it was also fun to find that she interviewed a poet that i knew as a kid; that was a fun surprise.
(i have no interest in or intention to become a novelist and so the information here was not useful for me.)
it was also fun to find that she interviewed a poet that i knew as a kid; that was a fun surprise.
(i have no interest in or intention to become a novelist and so the information here was not useful for me.)
As an aspiring author, I feel this book was a perfect reference manual. I found it to be informative, humorous at times, and with the guest writers that appear, it's a helpful guide to get you from beginning to end. It truly covers everything you need to know. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is about to embark on the writing/publishing journey.
Great to know I'm an average working writer by today's standards.
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Courtney Maum graduated from Brown University with a degree in Comparative Literature. She then lived in France for five years where she worked as a party promoter for Corona Extra. Today, she splits her time between the Massachusetts Berkshires, New York City, and Paris, working as a creative brand strategist, corporate namer, and humor show more columnist. She is the author of the chapbook "Notes from Mexico" and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You. show less
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- Original publication date
- 2020
- Dedication
- For the dreamers who sat down to tell a story that no one asked them to write
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 808.02 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Rhetoric and anthologies Authorship techniques, plagiarism, editorial techniques
- LCC
- PN145 .M43 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Authorship
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- English
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