{"product_id":"9781479797561","title":"Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It: Writing and Publishing A First Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e     In 2009, Ronald C. Gordon published Not Fade Away, a coming-of-age story set in Texas in 1959. A first novel, it was the product of many drafts,     considerable professional editing, and a long, arduous attempt to find an agent and publisher. Now, in Don’t Tell Me Your Wife Likes It (one particular     literary agent’s sole criterion for submissions to him), Mr. Gordon recounts his painful and frequently hilarious rollercoaster ride to publication. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     The author details not only the joys and frustrations of creating a long work of fiction, but also the many pitfalls and compromises that await the first     novelist with a “marketable” manuscript. He introduces us to the How-To tribe of Literary Wannabeeland, the horde of self-described experts who claim to     know all the rules for writing saleable fiction and who, for a price (financial and otherwise), will share the secret to success with their even more     numerous prey. He also explores the particular problems that await the author of literary fiction in a publishing marketplace dominated by genre fiction     and a mythical target audience he designates “dumb and dumber.” In doing so, the author demonstrates a profound understanding of literary history, the     craft of writing, and the role of autobiography in creating fiction. Above all, he convinces us that a good writer is first of all a good reader. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     Part memoir, part literary analysis, and a thoroughly cautionary tale, Don’t Tell Me Your Wife Likes It offers an entertaining and illuminating examination     of what it means to be a unknown, unpublished novelist in today’s highly competitive literary marketplace.     \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136104841456,"sku":"9781479797561","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479797561_p0.jpg?v=1763618306","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479797561","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}