{"product_id":"more-than-words-jerold-w-apps-9780870209970","title":"More Than Words: A Memoir of a Writing Life","description":"In this combination memoir and craft book, award-winning author Jerry Apps shares the next phase in his life story begun in \u003ci\u003eLimping through Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOnce a Professor\u003c\/i\u003e. Beginning with a boyhood surrounded by storytellers, Jerry takes readers along on his path to becoming one of the Midwest's best-known and most revered writers. In characteristic no-nonsense style, he shares the joys, disappointments, and frustrations of the writing life and describes the genesis and creation of many of his best-known books. In recounting his nearly six-decade writing career, Jerry provides an insider's view into the creative process, delving into sources for ideas, research strategies, and guidelines and essential tools for writing. Along the way he recalls his relationships with publishers, editors, TV producers, librarians, booksellers, and others and shares a scrapbook's worth of stories--some funny, some heartwarming, a few of them harrowing--from the road. A book for book lovers! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerry Apps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870209973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870209970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisconsin Historical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.80w x 0.90d","brand":"Jerry Apps","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075446665471,"sku":"9780870209970","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a714d4b-47aa-4131-a442-9dcfc21588c7.jpg?v=1685459472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/more-than-words-jerold-w-apps-9780870209970","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}