It Takes a Certain Type to Be a Writer: And Hundreds of Other Facts from the World of Writing - Couverture souple

Livre 3 sur 5: Totally Riveting Utterly Entertaining Trivia

Barrett, Erin; Mingo, Jack

 
9781573247221: It Takes a Certain Type to Be a Writer: And Hundreds of Other Facts from the World of Writing
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ISBN 10 : 1573247227 ISBN 13 : 9781573247221
Editeur : Conari Press,U.S., 2003

Synopsis

Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo are the Queen and King of trivia, relied upon by game shows including Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and game manufacturers. Millions of people read their daily newspaper column and together they've written twenty books. The sixth book in the 'Totally Riveting Utterly Entertaining (TRUE) Trivia Series' puts a magnifying lens on the wacky world of writers. It Takes a Certain Type to Be a Writer will tell you everything you could possibly want, or were afraid, to know about writers, publishing, and the writing life. Bitesized facts are organized into chapters including "Everyone's a Critic," "Stranger than Fiction," "From Bad to Verse," "Kiddie Lit," "A Word's Worth," and many more. You'll learn things like: where Proust wrote (in bed with gloves on)/ what Voltaire drank (70 cups of coffee a day)/ and how James Cain prepared himself for yet another publisher's rejection. (The title The Postman Always Rings Twice had nothing to do with the plot of the bestselling novel. It was a private joke of author James Cain. His postman would ring his doorbell twice whenever the many-times-rejected manuscript came back from a publisher.)

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À propos de l?auteur

Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo have authored 20 books, including How the Cadillac Got Its Fins, The Couch Potato Guide to Life and the bestselling Just Curious Jeeves. They have written articles for many major periodicals including The New York Times, Salon, Reader's Digest, and The Washington Post and have generated more than 30,000 questions for trivia games and game shows such as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Their website, which lists their "This Day in History" nationallysyndicated column.

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Éditeur
Conari Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1573247227
ISBN 13 
9781573247221
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
194
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Personne responsable
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