[Image via] You want the lowdown on how to get your book published…the sooner the better? Let me lay it out for you. First: Catch the writing bug. You know the one I’m talking about. The one where you can’t see yourself doing anything else and so spend your every free moment putting word to [...]
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April 12th, 2010
How To Get Your Book Published Before the Age of 25
Steph Auteri 
Posted in book review, marketing, writing 
Tags: book proposal, book publishing, book review, publicity stunt, publish this book, stephen markley 
4 Comments » November 3rd, 2009
Breakneck Book Report: How To Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead
It was a long time coming, but I’m finally comfortable with telling people I’m a writer, rather than someone who just “writes on the side.” A famous writer, however? Perhaps in the eensiest of eensy weensy circles. Obviously, it was time I read Ariel Gore’s How To Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead.
October 12th, 2009
Breakneck Book Report: Stephanie Dickison’s The 30-Second Commute
I wanted to read this book for the same reason I am always wanting to refresh my Twitter feed every three and a half minutes, and for the same reason my Google Reader is filled up with other writers’ blogs, and for the same reason I love lit events, though I could easily enjoy a [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in book review Tags: books, stephanie dickison, the 30-second commute 1 Comment » June 25th, 2009
Breakneck Book Report: Upgrade Your Life
I spend the bulk of my hours on my computer, and the bulk of those hours on my Google Reader, scanning through the 146 blogs I’m subscribed to. Among those: Lifehacker. The blog’s posts are rich with tips and web apps guaranteed to make my life easier. Though I can easily search through my Google [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in book review Tags: efficiency, gina trapani, hack, lifehacker, upgrade No Comments » June 4th, 2009
Breakneck Book Report: Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird
Back in April, I posted a monster roundup of the 20 books I built my freelance life upon. Readers (and writers, obvs) were quick to point out that I had made an egregious omission by not including Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird. The truth is, I had plumb forgot about it because, long ago, I [...]
April 23rd, 2009
Breakneck Book Report: Pamela Slim’s Escape From Cubicle Nation
When I first cracked open the cover of Pamela Slim’s Escape from Cubicle Nation, I wasn’t sure I’d find anything new inside. After all, the title makes it clear that the book is for those still lost in the cubicle jungle. After remaining lost in its pages, however, for a long weekend trip, I had [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in book review Tags: books, escape from cubicle nation, pamela slim No Comments » April 7th, 2009
Home-Schooled: 20 Books To Build Your Freelance Life Upon
I’ve already written in the past about the importance of being prepared. A huge part of that for me has been the greedy consumption of books: how-tos, self-helps, career guides, etc. I’ve read so many that I think it’s about time for a roundup. After the jump, the 20 books that helped me build my [...]
March 5th, 2009
4 Things I Loved About Career Renegade
It’s been a few months since a book got me really fired-up about my career. Despite gaining momentum in the writing realm, with assignments from TONY, Babble, Lemondrop, and Nerve, I’ve had other career-related plans on the back burner for months, with no clue as to how I could possibly move forward with them. Then, [...]
February 12th, 2009
The 4-Hour Workweek: Brilliant or Bonkers?
Reading Timothy Ferriss‘s The 4-Hour Workweek was like being on an emotional roller coaster. I’d read a line like “Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty” and think Man! This guy knows where it’s at! Then I’d read about his empty and meaningless kickboxing win due to manipulated technicalities, or his distaste for reading, and [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in book review Tags: 4-hour workweek, book, book review, outsourcing, review, timothy ferriss 2 Comments » January 15th, 2009
Why It Helps To Review the Basics
Check out this book my husband bought me for Christmas! (I decided not interpret it is as a commentary on the fact that he’s supporting me, as it was on my Amazon Wish List.) Allison Hemming — founder of the Hired Guns — wrote Work It! as an antidote to the times…times in which an [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in book review Tags: basics, book, book review, books, correspondence, cover letter, hired guns, interview, interviewing, interviews, networking, resume, work it! No Comments » 
