The Writing Game
(2005)Recollections of an Occasional Bestselling Author
A non fiction book by W A Harbinson
THE WRITING GAME is an autobiographical account of the life and times of a professional writer who has managed to survive the minefield of publishing for over thirty years.
Unlike most books on the subject, THE WRITING GAME does not try to tell you how to write, or even how to get published. Instead, it focuses with gimlet-eyed clarity on the ups and downs of a unique, always unpredictable, business.
On the one hand, a compelling look at a life lived on the edge, under the constant threat of failure, both artistic and financial, on the other, an unusually frank self-portrait enlivened with colourful snapshots of editors, fellow authors and showbusiness celebrities, THE WRITING GAME succeeds, as few other books have done, in showing how one professional, uncelebrated writer has managed to stay afloat in the stormy waters of conglomerate publishing.
Unlike most books on the subject, THE WRITING GAME does not try to tell you how to write, or even how to get published. Instead, it focuses with gimlet-eyed clarity on the ups and downs of a unique, always unpredictable, business.
On the one hand, a compelling look at a life lived on the edge, under the constant threat of failure, both artistic and financial, on the other, an unusually frank self-portrait enlivened with colourful snapshots of editors, fellow authors and showbusiness celebrities, THE WRITING GAME succeeds, as few other books have done, in showing how one professional, uncelebrated writer has managed to stay afloat in the stormy waters of conglomerate publishing.
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