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| | | | | | PWP Member Book Reviews  Making A Literary Life: Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers by Carolyn See
Review by Kate Robinson
When I plucked Making A Literary Life from a library shelf, I asked myself if I really needed to read another book about writing. But a thirty-second scan of the introduction left my inner critic, my muse, and me linking arms and high-kicking in the stacks. See chronicles her fascinating writing career as a foundation for her advice to writers who seek not only writing tools but advice on how to live in a writer's skin. Her earthy and irreverent attitude carries writers through all the rocky passages between the decision to begin writing and the post-publication blues. When you're wondering how to be a writer (pretend), how often to write (A thousand words a day . . . for the rest of your life), or considering how to handle remarks upon publication of your story/essay/feature article/book (Thank you! No kidding!), See's instructions will save the day and possibly an entire career. Whether you're "having fun with the tax man," wrangling with plot and voice, or any of a thousand writing and post-writing tasks, Carolyn See shines her love of the literary life from the page to her readers like sunlight breaking into a landscape too scary or too magical for words. You could skip reading this book, especially if you're an experienced writer, but you'd be much poorer for the omission. 
Kate Robinson is a perpetual student and the author of two middle-grade nonfiction books. Her poetry, short stories, creative nonfiction, features, and children's stories appear in a variety of anthologies, journals, and sites, including Jerry Jazz Musician, Kaleidoscope, Literary Mama, Absolute Write, and June Cotner's prayer and poetry anthologies, among others. She has lived in Iowa, Illinois, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, and Wales. Links: Katerwriter
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