REVIEW: #40 101 Habits of Hightly Successful Novelists

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Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)

This title focuses on the behaviors necessary to succeed in the dog-eat-dog world of fiction writing by asking successful authors how they practice their craft. Readers will learn how to adopt those habits on their quest to become novelists. The book will inspire, nourish, and provide the needed kick in the pants to turn the wannabes into doers! The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists is full of “aha” experiences as the reader uncovers the collected wisdom from the cream of today’s fiction writers.

Review:

Andrew McAleer composes a series of informational snippets from well-known (and some I had no clue) authors, giving their best “How to make it doing what you love doing – writing” advice. The book is separated into easy to read categories, and each author comment only about a paragraph or less long.

What I liked about 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists is its easy navigation. For an informational non-fiction text, it wasn’t an overwhelming “Whoa so much to read and take in” type book. It’s something that I can picture on a coffee table, or on a desk as an inspirational reference. 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists was easy on the eyes, the mind, and the writer’s psyche. Some author suggestions were right on key with helping aspiring authors to get out of their writer’s block funk.

On the other hand, the book is nothing amazingly special. It’s just average – but average isn’t a bad thing. Average makes a good addition to your collection of study books. Average may be amazing to some. Average is always worth checking out and seeing for yourself.