- Save $10 when you spend $50 and pay with Bill Me Later. The fast and convenient way to buy without using your credit card. Offer limited to items purchased from Amazon.com between July 14, 2008 and July 21, 2008. One per customer account. Enter code BMLSAVES at checkout. Here's how (restrictions apply)
Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in.
Special Offers and Product Promotions
Better Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
The Write-Brain Workbook: 366 Exercises to Liberate Your Writing by Bonnie Neubauer  (23)
$13.59
|
The Writer's Book of Matches: 1,001 Prompts to Ignite Your Fiction (Writers Digest) by The Editors of Fresh Boiled Peanuts  (7)
$13.59
|
The Pocket Muse by Monica Wood (21)
$10.39
|
A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words: Image-Driven Story Prompts and Excercises for Writers by Phillip Sexton  (4)
$13.59
|
Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction) by James Scott Bell (67)
$11.55
|
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
A note from the author: "Writing is a solitary and often scary enterprise. I alone have heard your silent screams, so I have written this book to help you achieve what everyone who has the courage to live the creative life deserves: complete, utter, slavish adoration and worship. Also: incalculable wealth that insulates you from the concerns of ordinary people."
A note from the author: "Writing is a solitary and often scary enterprise. I alone have heard your silent screams, so I have written this book to help you achieve what everyone who has the courage to live the creative life deserves: complete, utter, slavish adoration and worship. Also: incalculable wealth that insulates you from the concerns of ordinary people."
And there you have it. Fondling Your Muse is John Warner's innovative and slightly insane book of instruction for those who want to write, and those who think they already can. It's packed with quirky (possibly deranged) advice guaranteed to make you laugh out loud in the most embarrassing fashion possible. You know what we mean. It also includes a special chapter entitled "Everything Stephen King Knows About Writing Successfully: Plus Some Things I Know That He Doesn't Because He Isn't That Special." No other book currently available has this chapter!
And Fondling Your Muse provides the kind of wise, insightful guidance that's missing from all of those self-serious, mind-numbingly awful books that promise riches and fame by writing only 20 minutes a day.
Let's say you're looking for a tried-and-true recipe for literary success. Warner reveals all of the best ones, including these succulent concoctions:
* Contemporary Romance Quiche al la Nicholas Sparks ("Tasty with a side of hackneyed potatoes.") * Tom Clancy Techno-Thriller Surprise ("Preparation is usually subcontracted to others.") * Chick-Lit Cacciatore ("Satisfies many, every single time. I can't explain how either.") * Harlequin Romance Salad ("Thoroughly rip bodices, pound prose until purple, and combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.") * John Grisham's Legal Thriller Stew ("Boil in pot until ingredients bubble over line of believability.") * Contemporary American Literary Fiction Flambe ("Served in smaller and smaller quantities as the years go by.")
Mmmm...tasty.
Even really famous people endorse Warner's work:
"Fondling Your Muse is brilliant in the same way the most distant stars in the galaxy are brilliant. If it's a really clear night and you tilt your head to the side and squint, you sort of see it." -- Dave Eggers
It doesn't get any better than that. So go ahead - get Fondling today!
About the Author
So who is John Warner? John Warner is the editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency and the co-author, with Kevin Guilfoile, of the best-seller My First Presidentiary: A Scrapbook by George W. Bush. His work has been published in McSweeney's quarterly journal, Modern Humorist, Salon.com, and Zoetrope, among others. He is also an editor of the McSweeney's humor anthology, Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans.
Product Details
|
