Radical Romantic: The High Cost of Being a Writer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798258814661)

David Gulbraa decided he would be a writer at the age of eleven and never looked back.

From the former publisher of Radical Romantic magazine and author of Ebenezer Smith, Angel Detective, here is the story of a lifetime spent in the literary trenches, a no-frills portrait of a wordsmith grunt face down in the mud and forever on the outside looking in. Here Gulbraa tells the stories of:

• The greatest rejection slip he ever received
• The greatest writing experience of his life
• The most pages he ever wrote in a single day
• How he met one of his favorite writers before he'd even read him
• How he accidentally became a pornographer
• How the Ayn Rand Institute saved his life
• How becoming a born-again runner led to his becoming a born-again writer

What does it mean to live a literary life? Gulbraa delivers the unvarnished truth about the pitfalls and rewards of devoting yourself to a lifetime of writing.

If you want to be a writer, read Gulbraa and find out what you're in for.

If you're just looking for a good story, Gulbraa delivers and then some.

Author: David Gulbraa
ISBN-13: 9798258814661
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/25/2026
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d