Title:
Don't quit your day job : the adventures of a midlist author : a memoir / Michael Fedo.
ISBN:
9780998601069
Personal Author:
Edition:
[First edition].
Publication Information:
Duluth, Minnesota : Holy Cow! Press, 2018.
©2018
Physical Description:
x, 139 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Authorities and experts may be wrong -- Finding the funny -- Breaking into print -- The story behind a story -- A look at characters -- Hitting the New York Times -- Stringing along: The Christian Science Monitor and the New York Times -- Breaking into books -- Three incarnations of a book -- About Garrison Keillor -- Clorios Leachman and major leaguers -- With Donald McCaig in Highland County -- Good editors (They liked my stuff) -- The changing landscape -- Three more books -- A look at non-profit presses -- A poetic venture, and associative agnosia -- A writer's rooms -- Why write?
Summary:
"Don't Quit Your Day Job: The Adventures of a Midlist Author, is a memoir recounting the five-decade writing career of Michael Fedo, whose books have not attained best-seller status, despite receiving mostly favorable reviews in publications such as The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Library Journal, among others. Rather than complaining, however, the author points out that while few authors earn a middle-class income from writing, aspiring writers can carve out a satisfying niche through diligence. Rich in anecdotes, the author encounters celebrities: James Stewart, Cloris Leachman; the late Lorenzo Music, Richard Wilber, and Harry Golden. He also tells of the New York Times assistant financial editor who didn't know what Workers Compensation was, magazine fact checkers who questioned details in his satirical fiction. This book should engage general readers curious about the literary life of a workaday writer, as well as aspiring authors-in-waiting."-- Provided by the publisher.
Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
on1028842696
Availability:
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