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A carregar... Publishing: A Writer's Memoirpor Gail Godwin
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 3.5 I was slow to warm up to this one, but eventually all the book talk on me over. Have never been a big reader of this author, though I read and did enjoy her latest, [book:Flora|16034245]. Very interesting to read her road to publication, and the fluctuating state of the publishing busyness in general. Had no idea how often publishers and editors either left their jobs or switched houses. Did know how many of the bigger publishers have combined and the rocky road of book publishing in the current electronic everything climate. Loved reading where she got her ideas for books, just thoughts or sentences she herd in passing often find their way into her novels. God in is in her seventies now, has had a long and prestigious career, many different editors and was published by many different publishing houses. Book signings, book parties, authors she met old and new and some interesting tidbits about them. The ideas behind her books and what they meant to her. I found some of the book descriptions and meanings so intriguing, I bought a few to read. At one point I even contemplated trying to write, but I am a reader not a writer and have decided to level the writing to those who can. All in all this turned out to be a very interesting read and I have hopefully found a new author to cherish. ARC from NetGalley. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
"Publishing is a personal story of a writer's hunger to be published, the pursuit of that goal, and then the long haul--for Gail Godwin, forty-five years of being a published writer and all that goes with it. A student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1958, Godwin met with Knopf scouts who came to campus every spring in search of new talent. Though her five pages of Windy Peaks were turned down and the novel never completed, she would go on to publish two story collections and fourteen novels, three of which were National Book Award finalists, five of which were New York Times bestsellers. Publishing reflects on the influence of her mother's writing hopes and accomplishments, and recalls Godwin's experiences with teachers Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Coover at the Iowa Writers' Workshop; with John Hawkins, her literary agent for five decades; with John Irving and other luminaries; and with her editors and publishers. Recollecting her long and storied career, Godwin maps the publishing industry over the last fifty years, a time of great upheaval and ingenuity. Her eloquent memoir is illuminated by Frances Halsband's evocative black-and-white line drawings throughout. There have been memoirs about writing and memoirs about being an editor, but there is no other book quite like Publishing for aspiring writers and book lovers everywhere"-- Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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What a cutthroat industry.