{"product_id":"the-mechanics-of-submission-the-business-of-being-a-writer-3","title":"The Mechanics of Submission: The Business of Being a Writer, #3","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1982, before the widespread use of personal computers, the Internet, and electronic publishing, THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER concentrated on writing and selling to the print media--books and magazines. Updated excerpts are now being reprinted electronically on various topics--still focused on those primary areas, but still applicable to the current-day writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheodore Sturgeon called the book \"the second best reference book a writer can have, after the dictionary.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarlan Ellison said, \"It may not make you a better writer, but it will keep you from being a poorer one.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIsaac Asimov said, \"Thank goodness! I am constantly being asked an infinity of questions about the writing business and can never answer coherently. Now I will stamp cards with a stamp that says: READ THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER. IT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING, CLEARLY AND INTERESTINGLY. Why on Earth didn't he write the book forty years ago when it would have done me some good?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis excerpt discusses proper manuscript format, and how to submit your writing to an editor\/publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46712315379922,"sku":"97e636ff-e767-47f7-88b1-34a37befa640","price":0.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_9cb597fe-e4f2-4848-a844-f96007b1fb4e.jpg?v=1770350584","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/the-mechanics-of-submission-the-business-of-being-a-writer-3","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}