78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published and 14 Reasons Why It Just Might

Forthehundredsofthousandswhobuywriters'guideseveryyear,atlastthere'sonethattellstheuglytruth:writerswhocan'tgetpublishedareusuallymakingalotofmistakes.Thishonest,oftenfunny,bookshowsthemhowtoidentifytheirownmissteps,stoplisteningtobadadvice,andgettowork.DrawingonhisexperienceasfoundingeditorofMacAdam/Cage,PatWalshgiveswriterswhattheyneed—specific,straightforwardfeedbacktohelpthemovercomebadhabitsandbadluck.Heavoidstheoptimistic,sometimesmisleadingdirectionsoftenfoundinpublishinghow-tobooksandpresentstheindustryasitis,wartsandall.Hereisthefirstguidethattellswritersjustwhattheoddsagainstthemareandgivesthempracticaltipsforeveningthem.