Amazon is a great place to shop - especially when you can't find the book you want in a regular bookstore.
And I found 'The Kick-Ass Writer: 1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction, Get Published and Earn Your Audience' by Chuck Wendig on Amazon for just $3.99... however it was the shipping that killed me at the checkout. But I don't care. I've wanted this book for a long time!
Yes, I've been eyeing off this book on the sidebar of his site for what seems like forever; and then I jumped on Amazon and found a copy of it on Cherrybooks in California for that lovely cheap amount; but the shipping was the rest! And that was for a paperback and second-hand.
Oh well.
When I received it, I was on my way to Mum's house and opened it when I arrived. She had a look at it and I read the first few pages where we both started laughing at the brash and ordinary way he wrote... especially in the introduction. Mum thought Chuck sounded like a great writer; and wanted to know about his other books (two of which I have on my shelves as we speak awaiting a good reading from me).
So... there you have it... the book I'm hoping will get me back on track from my Writer's Block. I've tried everything else I can think of. And he's got advice about Writer's Block in this book too... I only hope he can help me.
It's been so lonely out here in the cold, dark desert... until my next post, happy reading.
And I found 'The Kick-Ass Writer: 1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction, Get Published and Earn Your Audience' by Chuck Wendig on Amazon for just $3.99... however it was the shipping that killed me at the checkout. But I don't care. I've wanted this book for a long time!
Yes, I've been eyeing off this book on the sidebar of his site for what seems like forever; and then I jumped on Amazon and found a copy of it on Cherrybooks in California for that lovely cheap amount; but the shipping was the rest! And that was for a paperback and second-hand.
Oh well.
When I received it, I was on my way to Mum's house and opened it when I arrived. She had a look at it and I read the first few pages where we both started laughing at the brash and ordinary way he wrote... especially in the introduction. Mum thought Chuck sounded like a great writer; and wanted to know about his other books (two of which I have on my shelves as we speak awaiting a good reading from me).
So... there you have it... the book I'm hoping will get me back on track from my Writer's Block. I've tried everything else I can think of. And he's got advice about Writer's Block in this book too... I only hope he can help me.
It's been so lonely out here in the cold, dark desert... until my next post, happy reading.
Good luck!! I hope Chuck Wendig's book helps you leave 'the cold, dark desert' known as writer's block.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope his book works for me too... and yeah, that horrible Writer's Block can be pretty cold to us writers... not a nice place to be.
DeleteAnd I do see it as a cold dark desert.