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Title Scratch : writers, money, and the art of making a living / edited by Manjula Martin.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
©2017

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  808.02 SCRATCH    On Holdshelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  808.02 SCRATCH    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  GROUP BIOGRAPHY WRITERS    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  808.02 SCR    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  808.0202 SCR    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  808.02 MAR    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  808.02 SCRATCH    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  808.02 SCR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  808.02 SCR17    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  808.02 SCRATCH c.32511  Check Shelf

Edition First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Description xv, 287 pages ; 22 cm
Summary Collects interviews and essays from contemporary authors on the financial realities of the writing world.
"A collection of essays from today's most acclaimed authors--from Cheryl Strayed to Roxane Gay to Jennifer Weiner, Alexander Chee, Nick Hornby, and Jonathan Franzen--on the realities of making a living in the writing world. In the literary world, the debate around writing and commerce often begs us to take sides: either writers should be paid for everything they do or writers should just pay their dues and count themselves lucky to be published. You should never quit your day job, but your ultimate goal should be to quit your day job. It's an endless, confusing, and often controversial conversation that, despite our bare-it-all culture, still remains taboo. In Scratch, Manjula Martin has gathered interviews and essays from established and rising authors to confront the age-old question: how do creative people make money? As contributors including Jonathan Franzen, Cheryl Strayed, Roxane Gay, Nick Hornby, Susan Orlean, Alexander Chee, Daniel Jose Older, Jennifer Weiner, and Yiyun Li candidly and emotionally discuss money, MFA programs, teaching fellowships, finally getting published, and what success really means to them, Scratch honestly addresses the tensions between writing and money, work and life, literature and commerce. The result is an entertaining and inspiring book that helps readers and writers understand what it's really like to make art in a world that runs on money--and why it matters. Essential reading for aspiring and experienced writers, and for anyone interested in the future of literature, Scratch is the perfect bookshelf companion to On Writing, Never Can Say Goodbye, and MFA vs. NYC"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Authorship.
Authors and publishers.
Authorship -- Marketing.
Authorship -- Vocational guidance.
Arts -- Economic aspects.
Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Work -- Psychological aspects.
Self-realization.
Arts -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00817743
Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
Authors and publishers. (OCoLC)fst00821733
Authorship. (OCoLC)fst00822442
Authorship -- Marketing. (OCoLC)fst00822460
Authorship -- Vocational guidance. (OCoLC)fst00822481
Self-realization. (OCoLC)fst01111892
Work -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01180203
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Biography -- Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423690
Added Author Martin, Manjula, editor.
Added Title Writers, money, and the art of making a living
ISBN 9781501134579 (paperback)
1501134574 (paperback)
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