{"product_id":"9780692208458","title":"Shooting Yourself in the Head for Fun and Profit: A Writer's Survival Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Lucy Snyder has seen some $@#\u0026amp;, brother. She's been through the trenches; she knows the way the world comes down. You can feel it in the work. This lady is not only courageous, she's fearless. We need more like her ....\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - author Tom Piccirilli, from his introduction to Snyder's \u003cb\u003eChimeric Machines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Lucy Snyder is straight up gangsta.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - Maurice Broaddus, author of \u003cb\u003eThe Knights of Breton Court\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"There is no other writer working today quite like Lucy A. Snyder.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eHellnotes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin award-winning author Lucy A. Snyder for this guide to working, surviving and thriving as a writer in a world that often doesn't properly value creative professionals. Snyder - who's authored ten books and over 200 stories, poems, and articles - shares her no-nonsense advice on:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Finding time to write\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Surviving as a short fiction writer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Plotting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Setting and world building\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Characterization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Binge writing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Collaborating on fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Conducting sharp interviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Finding or creating a writers' group\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Self-publishing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Finding and working with an agent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Using Kickstarter to fund your project\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Networking at conventions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Getting your books into libraries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e• Promoting your book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll also get her interviews with luminary authors such as Clive Barker, Chuck Palahniuk and Ursula K. Le Guin along with valuable information on the various subgenres of fantasy and horror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Post Mortem Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49815754801392,"sku":"9780692208458","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692208458","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}