Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: The Nasty Little Writing Book : Longtime New York Publishing Insider Reveals Secrets Only Best-Selling Authors Know by Madelyne Simone Rovenhaven, Madelyne Simone Rovenhauer, D. W. St John ISBN: 0-9658407-8-6 Publisher: Elderberry Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.54 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Written with a dark, satirical twist
Comment: Written by literary agent Madelyne Simone Rovenhauer, with the assistance of D.W. St. John, The Nasty Little Writing Book is a very special guide to writing your own book and getting published - with a dark, satirical twist. Not all of its sometimes cynical advice is meant to be taken literally; many an aspiring or published author will savor a well-earned chuckle from the tongue-in-cheek suggestions. Parody assertions such as that publishers do not remainder books before their time, or that the author bears no responsibility for publicity, are not to be read at face value! At the same time, many insider "dirty little secrets" in the New York dominated publishing industry are exposed for all the world to see, from an expose on sentence sophistry to writing crises as a ploy. Highly recommended as leisure reading for the experienced writer looking to enjoy a good (albeit occassionally rueful) laugh, The Nasty Little Writing Book should be required reading for anyone who aspires to be a "best selling" published author from one of the major publishing houses.
Rating: 5
Summary: FINALLY, THE TRUTH ABOUT WRITING, PUBLISHING, AGENTS, ETC!
Comment: I can see why PW hated this book. They're on Rovenhaur's list, that's why. But then so is everybody else, from aspiring writers to agents to editors to reviewers. How she ever got this evil little brew to press I can't guess, but if you can take the heat, it's a delicious mix.
Rating: 1
Summary: An in joke that falls very flat indeed
Comment: If brevity's the soul of wit, this 121-page wheeze is still too long. Smug author thinks it's a laff riot to invert standard advice (single-space your manuscripts, never revise a word, demand $1,000,000 in your query letters . . . are we getting the joke yet?). Soon, even author herself grows bored, starts satirizing romance novels and anything else within her limited reach--in a nonstop, archly overwritten style.
The only valid lesson this book teaches is what it might to be like to be being trapped in an elevator with Dame Edna on speed.
 |
Title: How to Write a Damn Good Novel : A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling by James N. Frey ISBN: 0312010443 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 1987 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: The Writer's Guide to Character Traits: Includes Profiles of Human Behaviors and Personality Types by Linda N. Edelstein ISBN: 0898799015 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
 |
Title: Making a Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers by Carolyn See ISBN: 067946316X Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 13 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
 |
Title: Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing) by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0898799279 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
 |
Title: The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene ISBN: 0142001198 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
