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 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
the 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 aisles.
See chronicles her
fascinating writing career as a foundation for 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 write 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 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 K-12 sub teacher and the author of two
middle-grade nonfiction books. Her poetry, short stories and
creative nonfiction appears in a variety of anthologies and
journals, including Literary Mama, Absolute
Write,
June Cotner's prayer and
poetry anthologies. "The Upstairs Room," her slipstream
sci-fi story, will appear in the anthology "Subtle Edens,"
edited by award-winning author Allen Ashley and published by
London's award-winning
Elastic Press in November
2008. She lives in Chino Valley, AZ.
Katerwriter
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