From: Subject: The Writer Within You, A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing and Publishing In Your Retirement Years Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:51:57 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C7D5D5.750CC530" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C7D5D5.750CC530 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.spawn.org/books/books_write_writepublishinretirement.htm The Writer Within You, A Step-by-Step Guide to = Writing and Publishing In Your Retirement Years 3D"Small=20

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The Writer Within You, A Step-by-Step Guide to = Writing=20 and Publishing In Your Retirement Years
By Charles = Jacobs
Caros=20 Books, 2007
321 pages, $19.95, paper
ISBN: = 978-0-9793636-0-3
http://www.retirement-writing= .com/=20

Review by Patricia L. Fry

As I told Charles when he asked me to write a testimonial for = this=20 book, it could be marketed to a general writing audience=97not = just=20 retirees. I like this book. It=92s good-looking, it covers a wide = range of=20 writing/publishing topics, the tone is friendly, the narrative is = easy to=20 follow AND it has an index. Those of you who have been reading my = book=20 reviews know how much I appreciate seeing an index in a reference = book.=20

Retirees with an interest in writing will love this book for = its value=20 and reading ease. Jacobs gives information and resources for novel = writing, writing a nonfiction book or memoir, publishing, = marketing and=20 even freelance writing. If you=92ve ever wondered how to get = started writing=20 articles for magazines, ads for companies or material for the Web, = you=92ll=20 find the answers in this book. The author even goes into some of = the=20 basics such as, how to find the discipline to write, coping with = rejection=20 and overcoming writer=92s block. He covers important issues such = as=20 conducting research, contract negotiations and how to work with = the IRS.=20

I especially appreciate Jacobs=92 "Words of Wisdom" blocks that = appear=20 frequently throughout the book. He quotes experts and = professionals such=20 as Dan Poynter; Mary Karr, author of The Liars Club; = Donald=20 Maass, author of Writing the Breakout Novel and Peter = Bowerman,=20 author of the Well-Fed Writer series. He also includes my = book,=20 The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book in his = list of=20 "Books for Writers" and recommends my Web site, http://www.matilijapress.com/ = as=20 being helpful to writers and authors. I didn=92t know this when I = requested=20 a review copy of this book.=20

If you=92re interested in writing for publication, but need = some=20 guidance, I think you=92ll find this an important reference book = for your=20 office library. It=92s a substantial tool, not just for retirees, = but for=20 anyone who wants to succeed within the publishing field.=20

=96Patricia Fry is President of SPAWN and author of The = Right Way to=20 Write, Publish and Sell your Book and How to Write a = Successful=20 Book Proposal in 8 Days or Less. Her Web site is http://www.matilijapress.com/.=


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