A review by capellan
Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st Century Writer by Jeff VanderMeer

4.0

This book is over a decade old now, so it's already looking rather dated in some places (an inevitability that the author acknowledges in the text), but it's still a solid introduction to all the parts of being a writer that are not about getting words on a page: what editors do; what agents do; how you can build a public persona; how to protect your private persona; how to help promote your work, etc. Well worth a read if you're at all interested in pursuing a writing career.