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You Can Be a Winning Writer by Joan Gelfand, Rosemary Daniell

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Description A well-structured, to-the-point, genuinely useful, and fun-to-read guide to writing narrative fiction, poetry. nonfiction, essays, and memoir . . . Crisp, informative, and mind-expanding.

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#1 New Release in Language & Grammar, Questions & Answers, and Editing Be a Successful AuthorLearn the keys to successful authorship from a pro:Joan Gelfand, author ofYou Can Be a Winning Writer, has been teaching her 4 C's approach to creative writing and successful authorship to aspiring authors at book festivals and writer's conferences for the past decade. She has taught her 4 C's method to college professors, CEOs, doctors, ghostwriters, poets, and playwrights throughout the United States; helping them realize their publishing dreams.A publishing guide to writing success:From first draft to building a reputation, the 4 C's provides solid tips on how to build a literary community and a fan base. But, successful authorship does not stop with mastering craft, commitment, and even building a community. Confidence is key, and Joan tackles this sensitive subject that keeps writers unpublished and manuscripts in the drawer. With the help of Renate Stendhal, PhD, Joan defines clear steps to overcoming the lack-of-confidence demon.The perfect gift for writers:With a splash of humor, a dose of empathy, and plenty of support, Joan Gelfand includes real life anecdotes from famous and not so famous, but successful authors.You Can Be a Winning Writeris the go-to book for writers just starting out, for writers stalled after their first or second book, and for students. Joan's 4 C's wisdom and stories will inspire and encourage.This literary reference and publishing guide includes:Key authorship and publishing tipsImportant post-publication strategiesGuidance on how to avoid mistakes that even the most talented, prize-winning authors have madeHow, with the help of the 4 C's, you can enjoy greater successWhat it means to "fire on all burners" and work to develop each of the 4 C's simultaneouslyMaybe you've read Stephen King'sOn Writing, Julia Cameron'sThe Artist's Way, Annie Lamott'sBird by Bird, or William Zinsser'sOn Writing Wellnow you need to readYou Can Be a Winning Writer.

Author Biography

Joan GelfandThe author of three acclaimed volumes of poetry, an award-winning chapbook of short fiction and a forthcoming novel set in a Silicon Valley startup, Joan is the recipient of numerous writing awards, commendations, nominations and honors. Her reviews, stories and poetry have appeared in national and international literary journals and magazines including Rattle, Prairie Schooner, Kalliope, The Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, the Toronto Review, Marsh Hawk Review, Levure Litteraire and Chicken Soup for the Soul.For over ten years, Joan has lectured on the 4 C's System and has coached writers to great success. An MFA from Mills College in Oakland, CA, Joan is a past President of the Women's National Book Association and the founder of the WNBA National Writing Contest. Editor of the newly published anthology of winning contest writers, Joan is also a member of the National Book Critics Circle and a juror for the Northern California Book Awards. She blogs regularly for the Huffington Post on books, travel and movies."The Ferlinghetti School of Poetics," a poetry film based on Joan's poem was featured at the 4th Annual Video Poetry Festival in Athens, Greece and won Certificate of Merit in a juried art show at the International Association for the Study of Dreams.She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Adam Hertz and two beatnik kitties – Jack Kerouac and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Rosemary Daniell is the founder and leader of Zona Rosa, a series of writing workshops attended by thousands of of women, and some men, with events in Atlanta, Savannah, and other cities, as well as in Europe, as described in People and Southern Living. She is also the award-winning author of nine books of poetry and prose, including Secrets of the Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women's Lives and The Woman Who Spilled Words All Over Herself: Writing and Living the Zona Rosa Way, and is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in writing, one in poetry, another in fiction. Rosemary's work has been featured in many magazines and papers, including Harper's Bazaar, New York Woman, Travel & Leisure, The New York Times Book Review, Newsday, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Mother Jones; she has also been a guest on many national radio and television shows, such as "The Merve Griffin Show," "Donahue," "The Diane Rehm Show," "Larry King Live" and CNN's "Portrait of America." Early in her career, she instigated and led writing workshops in women's prisons in Georgia and Wyoming, served as program director for Georgia's Poetry in the Schools program, and worked for a dozen years in Poetry in the Schools programs in Georgia, South Carolina, and Wyoming. In 2008, she received a Governor's Award in the Humanities for her impact on the state of Georgia. She is profiled in the book Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975.

Details ISBN 1633537420 ISBN-13 9781633537422 Title You Can Be a Winning Writer Author Joan Gelfand, Rosemary Daniell Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 270 Publisher Mango Media GE_Item_ID:142697306; About Us

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