Description
Being a professional writer involves more than mastering the craft of writing and the art of storytelling. There are the constant challenges of managing your own expectations as a writer, dealing with other people in the industry, maintaining your creativity, and running what is, in truth, a small business.
This collection includes four Dunlith Hill Writing Guides:
Surviving the Writing Life: How to Write for Money without Going Crazy
Professional Relationships: How to Deal with the Characters you can’t Re-write
Sustainable Creativity: How to Enjoy a Committed, Long-term Relationship with your Muse
Artisan Publishing: Why to Choose the Road Less Traveled
Together, they will help you explore an art-and-craft-centered approach to your writing life we call, The Artisan Way.
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Surviving the Writing Life
1: Hard Questions and Sober Answers |
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2: Not for the Faint of Heart |
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3: The World of Commercial Publishing |
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4: Your Role as a Commercial Writer |
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5: Writing Advice |
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6: Surviving the Writing Life |
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7: Your Job as a Writer |
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8: Good Writing |
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9: The Great Conversation |
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10: Coda |
Professional Relationships
1: It’s Not About You |
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2: Don’t Criticize, Condemn, or Complain |
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3: Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation |
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4: Arouse in the Other Person an Eager Want |
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5: Agents |
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6: Carnegie’s Six Ways to Make People Like You |
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7: Audience |
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8: Carnegie’s Twelve Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking |
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9: Marketing and Promotion |
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10: At the Summit |
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Appendix: Author Platforms in the Age of Abundance |
Sustainable Creativity
1: The Substance of Art |
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2: Expression |
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3: Context |
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4: The Art of Collecting Ideas |
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5: The Science of Using Ideas |
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6: The Creative Life |
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7: Creative Discipline |
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8: The Art of Doing Hard Things |
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9: Making Time |
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10: Repeatability |
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11: A Creative Life is the Sum of all Your Parts |
Artisan Publishing
1: Artisan Publishing |
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2: A Clear View of the Publishing Industry |
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3: Why You Shouldn’t Choose Artisan Publishing |
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4: The Advantages of Being an Artisan Publisher |
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5: Editorial Control |
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6: The Challenges of Artisan Publishing |
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7: Grappling With the Time Beast |
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8: Mastering Your Craft |
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9: The Artisan Philosophy of Business |
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10: Artisan Marketing |
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11: The Illusion of a National Book Culture |
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12: Strategic Publishing in an Age of Abundance |
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13: What Should You Do? |
About the Author
Deren Hansen
Trained as an anthropologist, engineer, and historian, Deren Hansen brings a unique structural perspective to the conversation about writing and the writing life.
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