{"product_id":"a-writer-prepares-lawrence-block-9798200717781","title":"A Writer Prepares","description":"Sometime in 1953, I knew with unusual certainty what I intended to do with my life. I would become a writer. By the time I was twenty-five, I had published over fifty books. Most of these bore pen names, and for a time I resisted acknowledging my early pseudonymous work. Then, in one astonishing and feverish week in 1994, I recalled those early years in fifty thousand words of memoir. A publisher contracted to bring out my memoir once I'd completed it. Instead I put it on a shelf and never looked at it again. Early in 2020, I had a fresh look at \u003ci\u003eA Writer Prepares\u003c\/i\u003e. By the time I was ready to stop, I'd written about my life as a writer well into 1966, when I'd completed \u003ci\u003eThe Thief Who Couldn't Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eA Writer Prepares\u003c\/i\u003e, an examination of the first quarter century of one writer's life, is arguably the work of two writers. There's the middle-aged fellow who wrote about half of it at a blistering pace in 1994, and there's the octogenarian who finished the job another quarter century later. The older fellow brought less raw energy to the task, and his memory is a long way from infallible, but one can only hope he's offset these losses with a slight edge in judgment, in perspective, in maturity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Block\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 820071778X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798200717781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tantor Audio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.60h x 5.80w x 1.10d","brand":"Lawrence Block","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44079731179775,"sku":"9798200717781","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_854f70f6-715a-4daa-8c9d-1bf0fcfd06f8.jpg?v=1685482818","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-writer-prepares-lawrence-block-9798200717781","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}