{"product_id":"career-indie-author-quote-book-bill-peschel-9781950347278","title":"Career Indie Author Quote Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eCareer Indie Author Quote Book\u003c\/em\u003e is a different kind of quote book for writers, containing more than 2,700 pieces of hand-curated thoughtful advice from authors famous and anonymous, with a little help from fashion designers, sports stars, advertising experts, movie stars, sex symbols, musicians, internet influencers, and \u003cem\u003eCareer Indie Author \u003c\/em\u003eauthors Bill and Teresa Peschel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from a lifetime of reading, \u003cem\u003eWriters Gone Wild\u003c\/em\u003e author Bill Peschel collected the best advice on all aspects of the writing life, from Abuse to Young Adult. Many of these quotes were drawn from newspaper and magazine interviews and have never been seen elsewhere. Each quote was checked for accuracy, and sometimes expanded upon for the sake of accuracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical advice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChuck Palahnuik: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"Build your novel with a number of scenes or chapters that can stand alone as short stories. Magazines and websites can excerpt these, and they make a much better advertisement for your book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie Dillard: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"Only when a paragraph's role in the context of the whole work is clear can the envisioning writer direct its complexity of detail to strengthen the work's ends.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatricia Highsmith: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"The greatest service a wife can render her writer husband is not typing his manuscripts for him, but keeping people away from him. Of course, a husband might do the same, if his wife is the writer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeil Gaiman: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"Sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it wrong and looking at what you did.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReassurances\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Patton: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Cleese: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLemony Snicket: \u003c\/strong\u003e \" I thought these books would be miserable failures.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNora Roberts: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"I can fix a bad page, but I can't fix a blank one.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael O'Donoghue: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"My advice to the would-be writer is that he start slowly, writing short undemanding things, things such as telegrams, flipbooks, crank letters, signature scarves, spot quizzes, capsule summaries, fortune cookies and errata.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdgar Rice Burroughs: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"There is something to be said in extenuation of weather and scenery, which, together with adjectives, do much to lighten the burdens of authors and run up their word count.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMargo Kaufman: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"Truth is funnier than most things you can make up.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerry Pratchett: \u003c\/strong\u003e \"You have to have tragic relief. If a book is nothing but funny, then it is nothing but funny. There is no contrast and it's hard to take anything seriously.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are also quotes on notable moments in literary history, such as the Iranian fatwa against Salman Rushdie, Stephen King's National Book Award, and Lionel Shriver's attack on political correctness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eCareer Indie Author Quote Book\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect deskside companion. It's brief, breezy, pungent quotes suggests ways to create memorable characters, ignore bad reviews, and battle writer's block. It's a shot in the arm against the self-doubt, nervousness, despair, and loneliness that is part of the writing life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Peschel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950347273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950347278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peschel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Bill Peschel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874068672767,"sku":"9781950347278","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/career-indie-author-quote-book-bill-peschel-9781950347278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}